I truly admired John McCain. From the fact that he served his country. To the fact that he would not leave the POW camp even when offered, as long his men were confined there. He would not leave them behind. He didn't wallow in bitterness over being a POW, over losing the presidential race; he carried on with a sense of purpose and dignity. He reached across the political wall to keep Affordable Health Care, voting against his party, but for humanity.
He reached across the political divide reminding us that we are more alike than different. A message sorely needed right now.
I made two very different paintings for this.
The first one I painted with watered down black ink which gave the whole picture a softer look to it.
The second one I did in a traditional way with definitive lines.
Almost looks cartoonish.
I softened it by going over the edges with a wet paint brush
to blur out the fur a bit.
And then I realized what I had done.
The two paintings are very different but they are more alike than different.
John McCain was right after all
