alexandrabastien
Working on skull drawing!
Image details
Description: Colored pencil drawing
Prismacolor on stonehedge paper
The Khmer Rouge was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, the totalitarian ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan.This organization is remembered primarily for its policy of social engineering and the deaths this caused. Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine, while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency, even in the supply of medicine, led to the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases (such as malaria). Brutal and arbitrary executions and torture carried out by its cadres against perceived subversive elements, or during purges of its own ranks between 1976 and 1978, are considered to have constituted a genocide.Khmer Rouge means 'Red Khmers' in French, the administrative language of colonial-era Cambodia (the Khmer people are the major ethnic group in Cambodia). The term was originally coined by Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the Cambodian Head of State between 1955 and 1970, to describe the Cambodian left. (wikipedia source )
Posted by ahildesigns on May 15, 2012
Rich with color, and wonderfully detailed. Unusual to find someone who works skulls into their portfolio and makes them even more beautiful than they are naturally.
Posted by eliemakhlouf on September 01, 2010
great artwork , i love it
Posted by juxlounge on April 28, 2010
amazing
Posted by phildynan on April 23, 2010
Really well done piece - with great substance as well. The recent "Tea Party" groups have sort of remided me of those days - fairly ignorant people (who beliieve things like Obama isn't a citizen; taxes are "voluntary, health care is bad, etc) who want to take over government, but also don't like any "leadership". The Kymer Rouge went after all the intelligent, educated, and professional people first and tried to "re-educate" people who were "average". (killed them too if they didn't respond to illogic fast enough) I hope the US doesn't come to this...seeing idiots brandishing weapons at "rallies" is very frightening. Sadly, It can lead to someone in the future doing a painting like this once again....
Posted by kaunas on April 21, 2010
Wow ! Great !