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Okayyy

so this was done for a competition in my school district

we didn't have any sort of prompt or anything for the art, and so I didn't know what to do

out of the blue, I got the idea to do a sort of parody of Donald Trump, using the style a famous mexican painter's self portrait, this being frida kahlo

that was until I saw her painting, "Wounded Deer" which really stood out to me, so I based it on that

I know there's a bunch of mess ups going on, but I felt confident enough to have it go in(I also didn't have any time left to tweak it)


Frida Kahlo's original painting could be interpreted to say she was distressed, and felt helpless

I could say the same for this country right now, this is what it represents

There are so many people supporting Trump, it's nuts(including my parents, who are mexican-american!), even though Trump isn't going to make it to be president, the fact that he's got the possibility to is crazy and disturbing.  It's made an impact regardless of the end result.  He's given people this idea that this sort of behavior is okay and fit for our country, which is not okay.  It's put me in a place where I feel scared for where this country stands.  How could people think any of what he's said is okay?

There's a lot of different symbols going on in this painting, but one thing that I should make clear is that Trump is not the one who is the victim here.  Just making that clear, lol.

This is my first time ever doing some kind of political/symbolic painting, and I gotta say that I sorta like it(even though it did cause a big fight with my very politically ignorant parents)(I still love em)

Being evaluated by the judge during the competition gave me a lot of insight on what I need to work on artistically, so I'd say this was a great experience.
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Americarules1776's avatar
He's gonna win and your parents are smart to vote for him. You should follow them they understand that Globalism will destroy America.