The 'Resistance' Theme is Now Up!

Hi All!

Just briefly nudging into Dave's Sunday to notify everyone that the entries for our last theme: 'Resistance' are now up on display on the Bonus Theme blog.

My entry for the round lifts shamelessly from the theme poster, which is Banksy's 'Rage, The Flower Thrower'. The original can be found in the town of Beit Sahour, near the wall separating Israeli and Palestinian communities on the contested West Bank. It depicts a rioter in sharp black and white, throwing not a Molotov cocktail, but rather a bouquet of flowers, which are depicted in colour. 

It's one of Banksy's most iconic pieces and can be found on t-shirts, posters and geegaws everywhere (in fact, Sarah has it on her favourite coffee mug which she got in Antwerp when we were last there). I found a 3d design of the image on Cults and printed a 40mm copy to work on.

To echo Banksy's stark contrast of the b&w figure to the flowers, I dusted off my greyscale recipe that I used for my WWI project and did the figure along the same lines. 

It was fun getting reacquainted with painting in greyscale, though it's been a good while since I've tried it. Thank goodness I had the sense to keep a paint journal, otherwise I'd be completely hooped trying to remember the shades I originally used.

Banksy's work is a powerful statement on protest and non-violent resistance, and I thought it particularly apropos considering recent events, especially in light of the people of Minneapolis being nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for their nonviolent resistance to the ICE activities in their city. 

I'm sure the President was absolutely thrilled to hear of this news as well. :)

Enjoy the entries and remember to vote for your favourites!

- Curt