The Chickens' Fight

"He will settle disputes among great nations. They will hammer their swords into ploughs and their spears into pruning knives. Nations will never again go to war, never prepare for battle again." Isaiah 2:4(GNB) This painting was influenced by the exchange of missiles of words between the president of USA, Donald Trump and North Korea’s president Kim Jong Un. Since World War II, America and Russia have been dancing around each other and shadow-boxing each other; too chicken to attack each other, they influence wars in other nations by being on the opposing sides of the conflict causing death and destruction. North Korea now enters the ring; frantically testing and trying their long range nuclear missiles to reach American cities. In the boxing ring, are three chickens painted with the flags of America, North Korea and Russia with nuclear missiles on their backs exchanging missiles of words. Within the boxing ring is the iconic Syrian boy dug out of the rubble of his house; too numbed to cry. He represents the many victims of wars influenced by the so called Super powers. Waiting on the ropes are two vultures with Kalashnikov rifles representing Islamic State terrorists. Islamic State terrorists are not strong enough to bring down a government. They are only scavenging on the nations that have already been destroyed by the super powers as they did in Iraq, Libya, and Syria. In the background of this painting, is the iCAN banner; “No More War” to commemorate the Nobel Peace Prize that was awarded to iCAN in 2017. The dream of the artist, of this painting is that there will be no more wars. That the nations will no longer rise up against each other and that the weapons of war will be turned to agricultural equipments.