Original artwork description:

In my ongoing Nursery Games series I comment on the dark sides of our time - such as war, disease, abuse, climate catastrofy, some political issues etc. - all unpleasant, maybe hurting subjects. I call them "pain-paintings". Staged as children`s play in the nursery, they are expected not to please the eye, but perhaps evoke a thought or two

Original soft pastel painting. Painted from life on archival quality sanded pastel paper.
Homage to Francisco Goya

Materials used:

artist grade soft pastels, sanded pastel paper

Tags:
#children #childhood #play #war #horror #nursery #pain #soft pastel #responsibility #observation based 

The Horrors of War (2019)

Pastel drawing 
by Silja Salmistu

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In my ongoing Nursery Games series I comment on the dark sides of our time - such as war, disease, abuse, climate catastrofy, some political issues etc. - all unpleasant, maybe hurting subjects. I call them "pain-paintings". Staged as children`s play in the nursery, they are expected not to please the eye, but perhaps evoke a thought or two

Original soft pastel painting. Painted from life on archival quality sanded pastel paper.
Homage to Francisco Goya

Materials used:

artist grade soft pastels, sanded pastel paper

Tags:
#children #childhood #play #war #horror #nursery #pain #soft pastel #responsibility #observation based 
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Silja Salmistu is Estonian artist living in Denmark. Since 2016, she is dedicated to soft pastels, with still life as the main subject. She earned a MFA equivalent degree in painting from Tartu... Read more

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