Lot of his work is inspired by his childhood during the war, hence all the soldier helmets used everywhere and ruinous buildings. How his life ended is just so sad.
Fascinating choice of perspective by the painter. So much detail on the ground, but the painting is dominated by a sky that isn't doing anything crazy. But somehow it all works. Time to find more from this artist. Thanks for posting!
Sickle. Pretty much used for the same purpose, but on a much smaller scale.
Source: Grew up on a norwegian farm in the 80's and 90's. We had an ancient one of these hanging on the wall as decoration, presumably used by my ancestors.
I haven't really seen an AI image in while, so I can't say if they all got a bored expressionless face. But I have seen a fair number before, and never felt the instinctive uncanny valley emotion I felt seeing the expressionless faces of the kids.
Also, on another note, I really love and appreciate your posts. They have introduced me to a lot of art and artists I wouldn't have otherwise known about.
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