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Submitted: August 6, 2010
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Blue Suburban Skiesby ~vanfoto

Digital Art / Mixed Media / Surreal

Here I was attempting to portray suburban life as I see it ( at least in a general sense).
For me suburbia represents a very banal, but safe, place to be.
The black outlined character is meant to representative of danger in the minds of people who feel threatened but have no reason to be. It seems to me that as we become safer, healthier, and longer-lived, we still retain a wildly exaggerated fear of evil ( crime, terrorism, immigrants...take your pick).
I portrayed the dog in the piece showing no fear of the "stranger" to illustrate the fact that very few people really pose any threat to us but that fact can be hard for humans to accept.

~steve2727 Feb 15, 2011

great image!

~vanfoto Feb 24, 2011

Thank you for your kind words. I'm glad you like the image.

~steve2727 Feb 26, 2011

No problem!!

~TornStitches Feb 10, 2011

nice work, i really just aesthetically like the piece, but the message behind it is a good one, too, and you executed it well in the piece.

~vanfoto Feb 11, 2011

Thanks for your complimentary words about my work.

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