Artist's Statement

I have reached the sad realization that I will never run short of material to dedicate my artworks to. The war in Iraq -- although shortlived in relation to previous war time spans -- has by no means concluded or entered into a final 'peace' solution.

WAR -- War and Peace was painted during the most violent phase of the war. The use of the colour red and the dismembered body parts (metamorphosis of basalt rocks) represents the carnage of war while the water spilling in wildly over the rocks flows into a huge teardrop of sorrow.

PEACE -- This section of the series was painted in Autumn, our calmest season here. The wild sea flows down to a blue satin blanket of peace. However the peace is interrupted by the unexpected explosions in the sky (see Peace - coming) or the errie stillness of the sentinel rocks (Peace ii).

We are now experiencing Winter here and I suppose it is appropriate to say that Iraq is in the misdt of the "Winter of Discontent".

Judy Antill
17.07.03