'Promise to do the right thing" By Andres Garcia

THE STORY This was created and submitted to a show for the theme “content of character” and was declined due to a policy that does not allow the portrayal of weapons. Sadly I don’t agree with this decision as this isn’t a violent image, it takes away freedom of telling the story of a painting like this. It’s history and to silence this is something that bothered me. An image of a soldier taking time to pose for a photo for a loved one. It was based off a photo of my Great-Grandfather who was in New Guinea in 1944 during World War II. This same man would be the one to raise my S...