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Somewhere in a hidden bunker years from now (2022) Drawing by Edwin Loftus
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Drawing,
Pastel
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- Dimensions Height 6in, Width 8in
- Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Drawings under $5,000 Pop Art War
The word balloon reads: "The book on the left are the names of those lost getting a foot hold in Ukraine. The books on the right are the names of those we lost since then ....... so far."
The little man, Putti-puff, is old and gray now and pale from having to hide under the ground in his fortified bunker in the mountain forests. He is a prisoner there because Ukrainian assassins and assassins from other nations all over the world are looking for him. He lives, (if you want to call it that), with a price on his head as the greatest war criminal since Hitler. If foreigners don't get him, his own people will.
Stacked before him on his desk are the reasons his own people hunt him ... no, only part of the reason. For every name listed in these books, there are five that live mutilated and scarred, inside as well as on the surface. The "survivors" of his endless quest for a fantasy of Russia's past glory are casualties as well. And beyond them, are the Russian people, prisoners within their own country hated everywhere except those few countries that also abuse their citizens and are ruled by dictators as vile as their own.
And the irony of it is, if Russia hadn't embraced Putti-puff, if it had turned toward freedom and democracy, instead of strongman dictatorship, by 2022 it probably would have been one of the most respected and wealthiest nations in the world.
Ukraine has fought for its independence from Russia for more than one hundred years. And when they've lost, the dictators of Russia have murdered them by the millions. Ukraine will never be a Russian territory. They have been taught cruel lessons about surrender over and over.
Russia may have the power to drive the Ukrainians from their homes, for a time. But would any Russian accept conquest and domination by a hostile power? Of course not!
Yet that doesn't save some of them from thinking the Ukrainians will, in spite of all evidence to the contrary.
Russians must choose, someday. Will they be mocked pariahs in this world, the playground bullies of Europe? Or will they take their place in the world as a genuinely great nation?
All artist's profits from sale of this drawing will go to Ukrainian relief organizations.
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Edwin Loftus is an American painter and draftsman born in 1951. His interest in art began at the age of 4 when he decided to draw something real rather than working from his imagination.
As a child he excelled at drawing and as a teenager he began to experiment with oil painting. In college, he took courses in art and art history and realized that true art had nothing to do with the quality of the drawing or painting, but that it had to have the ambition to push the boundaries and expand the visual experience.
He also studied philosophy, psychology and history and quickly realized that it was just another art establishment trying to defend its elitist industry and reward system. Their skills were almost non-existent, they knew nothing about psychology, perception or stimulus response, and they were extensions of the belief system that made communism, fascism and other forms of totalitarianism such destructive forces in the world. They literally believe that art shouldn't be available to ordinary human beings, but only to an elite "sophisticated" enough to understand it.
Edwin Loftus realized that the emperors of art had no clothes, but they were still the emperors. Gifted in art, he worked hard to acquire this skill. So he found other ways to make a living and sold a few artworks from time to time. For sixty years, many people enjoyed his works and some collected them.
Today, Edwin Loftus is retired. Even if he sold all his paintings for the price he asked, "artist" would be the lowest paid job he ever had... but that's the way it is. It won't matter to him after he dies. He just hopes that some people will like what he does enough to enjoy it in the future.
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Nationality:
UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : 1951
- Artistic domains: Works by artists with a certified artist value,
- Groups: Certified Artists Contemporary American Artists
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