"The Hypocrites", 2021

The Backstory: Somehow this unplanned and intuitive piece floated up lots of my unconscious frustrations of the world around my country. I find myself oftentimes relating animals to certain types of people. The 2-faced hypocritical politicians at the top of the food chain will keep on fooling the village idiots into submission by dumbing them down with low-level education and little gifts that act as bribes. The camel-like figure dons a Maharajah-style crown but it is actually an empty shell. It represents the religious bigots who use race and religion to lord over others. The slow-moving, slimy snails and mollusks are in cahoots. Corrupted, lazy and always finding ways to leech off proj...View all