Work From Painting I

This is my latest work I have finished in my Painting 1 class. It was essentially the first large painting I have ever done, as well as the first painting I have done on a wood board instead of paper. I am very pleased on how it turned out but originally the image was to look much different. The background gave me a hard time, so there is a lot of history built up in the paint from layers on top of layers and reworking it with sandpaper. It is intended to tell a narrative but oddly enough it is not intended to tell a narrative about the current war, which most people have assumed this painting is about.