This is a picture of the G8 summit in early June 2007. The summit was held in the small German town of Heilingendamm. For three days the resort town on the Baltic Sea was home to leaders from Canada, the United Stakes, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Russia, Japan and Germany. Along with them came protesters outraged with the state and direction of the world; with them, a futuristic tyrannical militarized riot squad.
I honestly consider this drawing to be my first real crack at art. It's the first time that I Incorporated different colours, however minimally. I feel like it communicates the sheer terror and chaos that must have been filling the streets that day... that's kinda what I was going for. Mission Accomplished.
Blake Betteridge 2007
PS: The fact that such terror and chaos surround today's world leaders is really terrifying. Aren't these leaders of the people? Isn't protest healthy for democracy?
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