This is a painting I did to symbolize the divorce rate in America - wish is about 1 and every 2 couples getting a divorce. It is another one of my pieces apart of the stereotypes of women concentration, which 'Wash Your Troubles Away', is also apart of. This scene is just a stereotypical view that a lot of the time women get left by their husbands for a younger woman, leaving them feeling replaced. I think there definitely is a conception in society that men who divorce go for younger women. This is one contribution to the fact that women are racing around to stay looking young with procedures such as plastic surgery and botox. Generally, men stay attractive as they age, and it is perceived that women do not. In this piece, I made the characters from on top of a wedding cake come to life by elements of gesture and color. Gesture and color were two of my major elements in my concentration, if you couldn't tell by 'Wash Your Troubles Away'. I tried to capture the feeling and imagery of being replaced by having the husband pulling up another woman on to his ex-wife's previous spot on the cake.
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