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In this one, i wanted to show the three stages of human development. I show a triad of faces that represent the stages of maturity, from an infant to old age. The colors within this work reveal a part of human nature that coincides with each stage. The infant, grey in appearance, is awaiting life to fill him or her with color and experiences; the middle age man or woman, red in appearance, is rich with life and filled with lots of opportunity that awaits him or her; and of course, the elderly woman, filled with green representing her soft, but understanding envy of the other two as she nears the end of her existence in this world. I also placed the infants head in the elderly womans head and the elderly womans head in the infants head. This portrays life as a continual recycling of human entities and the time constraint or bridge between what is possible and what has already been. Within this structure we see an infinite wall made up of the colors of the very people themselves, forcing them to come to grips with their possible maturity or immaturity, trapping them in this cycle with no where to escape too. Copyright 2004 by Imaginative pencil and myself. All rights reserved.

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shelly lampshire 04 Apr 2005

Such depth of thought- Shows a great understanding of sociology as well as art. terrific

David Holcombe 08 Feb 2005

Simultaneously very human and very unhuman. Frida Kahlo also used the superposed images on the forehead with great effectiveness. Unusual and compelling color combinations.

gregory gallo 07 Feb 2005

super fantastic you mad pencil pusher you! this is life, this is a visual record for all times. you must have one heck of a pencil calous on your hand! LOL 10++ redboy nyc

Roy Boobyer 07 Feb 2005

Fascinating imagary Justin. One of your best.

v blair 06 Feb 2005

Justin,this is my favorite of yours so far....love your colors as well :)

Mercilla Camacho 06 Feb 2005

wow you have great colors. and thanks for the comment

Susan Epps 05 Feb 2005

THink this is one of your best, Justin....draughtsmanship is outstanding!

John Graham Inkson 05 Feb 2005

Eye catching work. Regards John

Olivia Andersson 05 Feb 2005

awesome work!

Renata Cavanaugh 05 Feb 2005

I missed this one! Awesome work, Justin

Laurette Francoeur 05 Feb 2005

This is for sure an interesting one, certainly caught my attention

Hugo Revuelta 04 Feb 2005

Four faces in one painting!!!!Very, very good. Great

Roger Anderson 04 Feb 2005

Your work is just plain fun to look at justin....it's never boring, always original, well done, and shows such incredible imagination!

joan warburton 04 Feb 2005

Wonderful drawing. I love their expressions.

Rusty Woodward-Gladdish 04 Feb 2005

This is an extremely profound work Justin. The allegory of life's cycle is beautifully portrayed in these images. I particularly like the green, envious face of the older woman who is approaching the end of her 'cycle'. She seems almost apprehensive. Her eyes are filled with the subconcsious fear (that haunts all of us) of not knowing what comes after she has closed her eyes for the last time. I have always believed that death is merely an altered state before rebirth. Brilliant picture. A true masterpice.