This airbrushed painting was made in three parts. The beautiful japanese woman was first to be painted and represents the faceless victims of this tragedy as well as the maternal radiation affected embryos and unborn human fetuses damaged. As a model and subject, "Julie" was blended forth in acrylics upon an ash grey canvas, she was then touched up by airbrush fades. Mr. Albert Einstein was painted secondly in textile waterbased fabric paints on white, The atomic explosion (with the smiling death angel figure) was last to be merged and the final blends applied for chronicling. Several Los Angeles research museums and notations were visited, the final piece stands in memory as a desired mural I someday need to paint.--------------------------------------- In the unsuspecting early hours of August 6, 1945, at 8:15 am, during climactic threatenings and global shiftings of World War II, the United States government unloaded an Atomic bomb upon the military Japanese city of Hiroshima, approximately 130,000 people were reported dead, injured, or missing. Another 177,000 were left completely devastated and homeless. This drastic, universal altering event, was chronicled as the first "Atomic Angel of death" to visit the sphere. The effects of this explosion were so physically, emotionally and biologically devastating, that they are still felt today by countless descendants and multitudes. The B-29 bomber "Enola Gay", equipped with a single A-Bomb (a 4-ton nuclear device and 12 pounds of uranium) along with three other B-29 airplanes, headed out from The Tinian Airbase towards Japan and released it's cargo. This top-secret bomb detonated approx. 2000 feet above the ground. The unparralled surrealistic, unfathomable explosion instantaneously caused all wooden buildings to collapse like toothpicks within a radius of 1.2 miles. The blast itself demolished three fifths of the city within split seconds. United States scientists, by liberal theoretical guesswork, estimated that only 20,000 Japanese would die, instead, 75,000 people perished instantly. Albert Einstein was quoted saying, "I made one great mistake in my life, when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that the atomic bombs be made." He dedicated the rest of his lifespan as an advocate and speaker for world peace... but the guilt and sorrow remained.* When Chaim Weizmann, the first President of Israel and an old friend of Einstein's died in 1952, Einstein was offered the Presidency. He regretfully declined, writing; "I am deeply moved by the offer from our State of Israel, and at once saddened and ashamed that I cannot accept it." (Princeton Chronicle)... He felt inadequate and incapable of leading a nation perhaps due to tormenting trepidation of a Hiroshima & Nagasaki repetition. H Rios (213) 435-9611 Arternatives