Ukraine conflict continued

This image uses the statue at the centre of Maidan square which is a calm point at the centre of what was a violent revolution. The black background gives more calmness and stillness than if it was against the smoke and destruction. I do like the colour scheme although it just the actual colours of the statue. These are the paving stones which were torn up by the protestors to be used as projectiles. I don’t think this image works too well as the shapes are off so they don’t have the feeling of solidity. A lot of the image also feels rather vague resulting in there being no clearly identifiable subject.Taking frames from some amateur footage of a town that had just been shelled. This painting focuses on the body of a dead person who’s clothes have been torn in blast. By cropping in it removes the immediate shock or gore of a dead body. Although the visible bruised flesh is still gruesome and of the body which i think may be a bit much. The main problem is that it is once again not entirely clear what it is this picture is of. More detail or a different composition would have helped to give a better sense of what one is looking at.For this image of destroyed trees I have removed the background buildings to allow more focus on the trees and to keep a more simplified colour palette. While I quite like the composition, I find the painting is a little lacking. The beaches were very fiddly looked very stylised, I would have also preferred a richer texture on the trunks and the exposed wood. The trees are in some ways personified, allowing people to relate to them, but without having to show actual people who are being effected by the conflict.