Original artwork description:

This piece is part of my “Seven Deadly Sins Against the Earth” series. In this image you can see mankind forcibly squeezing as much Oil out of the Earth as it can whilst creating thick black polluting smoke. The Earth is being crushed in a chokehold to show the hold the Oil industry has on the modern world. I have chosen to use the tattooed logos of the top 10 Oil and Gas producing companies to represent Envy as they are all competing with each other to produce and sell more Fossil fuels to get more money. We need to change to more sustainable energy sources and change the established Oil industry to save our planet and our future. I have purposely focused on the Middle East region as that is where 8 of the worlds 10 largest oil Reserves are found.
This “7 Deadly Sins Against The Earth” series is inspired by the Climate Change crisis that has been known about and reported on throughout my whole life. I have wanted to create artwork about this subject for a while but have been waiting for the right ideas and imagery to develop. The final spark of inspiration for me was when the recent Corona Virus outbreak began and it really struck me how our lifestyles, societies and actions have led us to this current situation in time and things cannot change unless we actually do something to change them.
I am very fortunate to live in Taiwan and thankfully the government and people reacted and responded quickly and decisively to combat the Corona Virus outbreak and stop mass spreading. As it unfolded I noticed many other countries lack of response and reaction seemed like they believed it wouldn't affect them and they didn't need to prepare or change anything in their already established societies. As we all can see now, that was a huge mistake and needs to be learnt from and rectified for future such outbreaks.
It really got me thinking about how we all live on this planet together, our connections and relationships to each other and the Earth.
The Corona Virus epidemic has shown us all how fragile and finely balanced our lives and lifestyles are.
Advancements and huge leaps have been made at what cost?
Our habits and lifestyles need to be more in line with sustainability and reducing the costs and tolls on the natural world to be able to continue to progress in a and way that is not destroying lives and the planet so much.
The way that we produce and use oil and other natural resources is damaging our air quality, atmosphere, environment and creating larger more devastating storms. I see this as the Earths reaction to how we are treating it, it seems like throughout the 20th century we have industrialized at such a pace and created so much pollution that we made the planet sick.
Our incessant burning of fossil fuels that have been underground for 100's of millions of years increases the Carbon Density of the atmosphere increasing Global Warming.

I can see that Corona Virus symptoms shown in humans echo how we have been destroying the planet with our established greed and over use of fossil fuels for decades. A fever is equivalent to "global warming/rising temperatures" and difficulty breathing mirrors our "mass deforestation and pollution." Before the recent Epidemic we had already given the planet the symptoms of the Corona Virus.
We can see the many harmful and negative effects this excessive use and dependency on fossil fuels has caused and need to react and make changes now to save our planet and give ourselves a chance going forward. We don't have to destroy what we have for greed and money!
We all have a voice and I decided to use mine to help highlight this ongoing issue and support the use of alternative Greener Energies to try to stop this ongoing Fossil Fuel dependence catastrophe. We are living in the most Technologically and intellectually advanced stage of Mankind and we are talented enough to be able to see the costs and effects of things sooner that in previous ages, so we have no excuses not to change these harmful practices.
A note to International Buyers:
Shipping rates have increased in price all around the world due to Covid and other complications. Due to this I have had to increase the the cost of shipping my artworks in line with the Delivery Companies. I will always strive to find the cheapest possible option for the customer (usually my local POST OFFICE EMS Recorded Delivery, but unfortunately they don’t deliver worldwide at the moment) If the amount of shipping charged at purchase is less than the shipping company charges then I will refund the difference to the customer. This refund will be done after the picture has arrived safely and has been accepted.
Any import duties, taxes and charges that may be payable are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges, if applicable, will be the responsibility of the buyer. Please message me to check if this might affect your purchase.

Materials used:

Ink and Acrylic Paint on Mountboard

Tags: