Envy

I've created this painting in 2019 as a part of the "Hedonism Now" series which illustrates the seven deadly sins and their contemporary manifestations. The inspiration behind this image came from the movie "Django Unchained". I loved the scene when Django arrives at Mr Candy's estate and Stephen witnesses another formerly enslaved person being a free man. This engulfs him in (what I interpreted as) envy and suspicion. This scene struck a chord with me so I really wanted to immortalize it. In Romanian, there is a proverb: "Să moară capra vecinului" which literally translates to "may the goat of the neighbour die" which means, I'd rather see my neighbour's goat die than wish one for mysel...View all