Oil. It is a beautiful thing. As the light sparkles off it's shimmering iridescent surface a spilt puddle of it dances before the eyes. But if you saw your baby playing in a puddle of oil in your driveway you would probably call your pediatrician and if you caught your dog drinking it you would probably call the vet. Carbon dioxide, CFC's, nitric and nitrous oxide, and nitrogen and sulfur dioxide are produced when we burn it.  We get smog and acid rain and our used and spilled oil contains toxic metals such as lead, cadmium, arsenic, and chromium. 257 million gallons of oil seep into our water supply every year, not even counting catastrophic spills. Did you know that you can even commit suicide by locking yourself in an enclosed space with an internal combustion engine. God put all of the oil and coal thousands of feet and even miles below the surface of the Earth and we drill and dig it all up and set it on fire. In my painting the face of Nature watches in horror as mankind pollutes the air and water.

Oil on Canvas