Deathmonger

Basically, an anti-war painting:

Deathmonger, 2014, acrylic on cardboard, 48" x 36".

War Unending

Since it's around 10 years since I created The War Room (4-wall painted installation), I thought it would be appropriate to revisit the anti-war theme, especially as things don't seem to be necessarily getting any better, globally speaking...

War Unending, 2014, acrylic on cardboard, 4' x 9' (painted on 3 panels, each 4' high by 3' wide).

The Damage of War

Here is a new anti-war drawing for an online exhibit at antiwarartists.com. I have been busy with mostly non-art matters in the last few weeks, though I did completely reorganize my studio for an event/party we had recently. More work should be appearing here soon...

The Damage of War, 2012, brush & ink on paper, 11" x 8.5".

And the World Gave Birth to War

A new monochrome painting, this one done over a color painting that didn't work out...however, it bleeds through in places, and that works in the context of the piece. For the World series, it also fits in with the War Room anti-war pieces.

And the World Gave Birth to War, 2011, acrylic on plywood, 48" x 48" approx.

Weaponized Head

Weaponized Head, 2009, brush & ink on paper, 23.5" x 18".

Another new Entropy drawing, also an anti-war image (again).

New gallery on Antiwarartists.com

"WAR", oil on unstretched canvas, 36" x 48" (2 panels), 2003

Many thanks to antiwarartists.com, who have just created a gallery for me on their very intersting site. It's a very nice selection of my anti-war & political pieces & always interesting to see my work in a different configuration & context. Be sure to check them out, they have a number of interesting artworks & artists on there...

antiwarartists.com/gallery/index.php?album=Bill+Ayton

PTSD

Hopefully, this one is viscerally self-explanatory:



Acrylic on masonite, 2007, 18" x 30". Another anti-war image.

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Men O' War (painted)

This is the painted version of the sketch in the post below:



Acrylic on plywood, 2007, 18" x 30". This painting went through many iterations, but it's finished now. I think.

Men O' War (ink sketch)

A sketch for a new version of the image "Man O' War", from the anti-war series of the same time period as The War Room:



This is the working sketch: pen & ink on paper, 2007, 6" x 10".