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Tactical Nuclear War 20" x 16", oil on canvas, May 21st, 2007 Painted for SOS 07' a group show of political art. The real story of this painting is that it is from the movie Predator. The painting shows the hero leaving the site of a tactical nuclear bomb that an alien set off to hide his trail. The drawing was an illustration for a poem for "for a better world 2007", the book of poems and drawings on peace and justice by Greater Cincinnati artists that will become part of the 2007 Cincinnati portfolio of drawings on peace and justice. Opening 6 PM May 25 The Art Academy of Cincinnati, 1212 Jackson St, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Hiroshima mon AmoreOil on canvas, 1979The oil painting shows a woman looking up at a floating earth. A snake encircles the earth and is about to strike. Below the earth is a tiger who is about to bite the snake. In the background is a nuclear explosion. Behind the woman is a tall ornate enclosed chair. Painted for Birdie Bloch, a great patron of Tom's. He painted her portrait several times and in this painting she let Tom do what he wanted. He painted an allegory about the benefits and dangers of Nuclear energy. Tom spent a lot of time at the circus to study the tigers. The bench is from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The blast in the background was from a famous nuclear cloud photo. The painting is an allegory of threat. Painted in 1980 at the end of the Cold War it was meant to show the nuclear treat of the Cold War. The woman represents humanity and the tiger in front of her represents the powers available to her. The chair behind her represents her authority. The Earth represents herself and the snake represents the treat of a nuclear holocaust. Today the treat is different but still there.
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