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Oil on Canvas 40x50cm

Behind their deliberately ambiguous masks, each member of the council wears his own distinct expression. The politics of human interaction never reveals the enigma, or it's essence, and yet the robed secrets of each individual influences the collective movement towards an inevitable outcome, so that each man's hidden motives, every fear concealed, and all deeply held desires, shall eventually be counted in the vote that governs what is to be, and what is not.

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:iconabddevil:
Great job, great concept and hell yeah i agree :)

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N o t h i n g a s i t s e e m s.
:iconturance:
Along with the painting, your written insight echoes in my mind as a deep truth. Namaste.

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"The entire nexus of what art is trying to do is to provide a mirror for the Eternal Self." - Alex Grey
:iconkornnet:
I love it! the concept and the painting
:iconkaremelancholia:
Beautiful!
Marvelous colors!
Love it!
:+fav:

:kiss:

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I've been sitting with this image on my computer for the last two days. Your work is all so visually compelling that it's hard not to be drawn in to the puzzle of the painting, but this piece really makes the difference for me. I so appreciate the combination of your inimitable style with a deeply thoughtful expression of a clear theme. Together with your discription, you capture more than the idea that we wear masks, but that the full banquet of our emotions find their way into the collective negotiation of social reality. While much of your work seems to speak to the stream of unconscious deliberations that bubble up onto the canvas, this image walks between the worlds, a literal example of its own subject.

There's brilliance in there.
Thank you for sharing your vision.
:frail:

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:iconwhitlam1:
Thank you. It's nice to recieve such a well considered comment, you've clearly understood what I was getting at. More work to follow soon!

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Congrats!!!
I've featured this creation in my October Visual Art Features.

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