A political painting if there ever was one, this was done in Quebec City in the scorching heat of a summer weekend. In front of the National Assembly protestors had erected six flags, including the provincial flag, Canadian flag, two separatist flags, a black flag, and a red flag. The first two (provincial and Canadian) were flying upside down. The provincial flag was flying at half mast to acknowledge the train disaster of last week. The red flag represents the student protest movement, and the black flag is, well I don't know. So out of all these mixed messages I did not appreciate seeing the Canadian flag upside down, whatever a groups beliefs I really think that was wrong. So to correct the situation I did this painting, notice the Canadian flag, second from the left, is right-side up. That is what you call judicious use of the Artistic License. Incidentally, the whole display- which included some sharp political messages- was taken down by the time I left.
11x7.5 cold press. July 2013
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