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  This week’s artwork took me a little longer to find who the actual artist was. I originally found this artwork on reddit and it didn’t have any credentials on it but as I was scrolling down the comments, we found that the artist name was Leonid Afremov. Afredmov was a struggling artist but as he continued promoting his artwork, his sales started boosting on inline and eBay. He moved to various places in his lifetime. Afredmov passed away in August 2019 in Playa Del Carmen, Quintana. After his passing his family decided to sell his artwork. As I was looking for the artwork I had originally chosen, I encounter another beautiful artwork by the name of Flamenco Dancer. This artwork is very well put together and has great color, shape, and form. What we see here is a beautiful woman dancing flamenco a traditional dance from Rajasthan and migrated to Spain in the 9 th and 14 th century.   In flamenco they use a body suit, or a leotard and the bottom is a flamen...

  Today we will be analyzing an artwork by Nancy L. Jolicoeur. This artwork is called World Peace. Nancy L. Jolicoeur is an oil painter who started her art journey around 2012. The artwork World Peace is very one of a kind. This piece is very meaningful. To explain the artwork in the vanishing point we have the earth with its light and dark blue to represent the ocean and the green shows North American and South America. On top of the earth is a white dove holding some kind of herb, I’m not really to sure. On the left side, it is dark and gloomy filled with smoking coming for the Twin Towers. In the center of the left life is a big red circle with a line going down the middle. Inside of the circle it is filled with many sad things we see here on this planet like heartbreak, incarceration, drugs, death, and how money controls this world. On the other side we have a beautiful blue sky with a shining bright sun and a gold piece sign in the middle. Inside of it is the h...