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This is for the Member's Challenge: Beauty and the Beast. "First Day on the Job"
I don't often venture into areas that hurt me when I do my art work, but this is one that does. I hesitate to post this.
Beauty here is the innocence and youth that is stolen by the beast of prostitution.
There is a hooker's stroll close to where I work. When I leave at midnight I see them underdressed for the winter weather. And that will not be their only exposure of the night. I feel helpless to do anything for them.
What conditions in their lives cause them to allow the daily raping? What keeps them there?
This picture speculates about the beginning, that " First Day on the Job" so to speak.
The youth and colour of the girl is leeched from her by the hand that holds her.
There is a small amount of colour still in the window, a glimmer of escape.
Pastel and Pencil
44 Comments
Cathy Jones 17 Jan 2011
Scary, powerful, thought provoking work Diana!Evelyn Simon 18 Jul 2008
This is very true to most women who have experienced a raping, and them not being prostitues. When I first saw this image, I knew it was sinister. That's how perfect your artwork was to me. Art speaks to people who have an eye for it. Maybe you can share it on a teen art site, to warn them of this unflattering lifestyle. Great job.Christine brand 17 Aug 2006
although this work reminds us of the injustice that controls many ...it needs to be addressed and seriously delt with. Mnay choose to ignore this happens in the world until it touches their life in some way. Sad but true and the lack of love and spirituality in the world fuels the fires of hell and hatred. Pornography and lust, rape and murder, fornication and adultery are revered by many in our world. So may set their souls to the path of the flesh and lust and revel in it in their art also. I think you have done a great work and have touched upon a subject that all to often has been ignored, the saddest part of all the rape and muder and abuse of the youngest children of our world. Every day you seem to hear of it every where and the victims struggle to deal with the aftermanth of pain all their lifes with little help or understanding. Art has allot of Power and Pictures say and influence us without verbal voice. It is a good thing you have braved your emotions and dared to be true to reality and those that are taken down the road of destruction. I Pray that God would bless you in all the kind and good things you strive to do. I pray that this work of yours would be blessed. You never know how you may touch a life. Sincerly CBLara Falcone 05 Feb 2006
Wow, powerful and disturbing. Great work!marc doutherd 31 Jan 2006
This is real ! And it is something that needs to be said. Moral issues are hard to confront without true courage. Something you have Diana. Wonderful!jamie winter 25 Jan 2006
i feel the movement in this work. also the use of colour is very interesting...francis kwok peng kin 21 Jan 2006
you had put through the message, we should have a lot of awareness and reachout to this people.v blair 17 Jan 2006
Sad and horrific,a very emotional piece.adan delbosque 01 Jan 2006
dark and to the pointNelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 30 Dec 2005
very heavy and emotional presentation!! beautiful artwork!!!Charlotte Ottilo 28 Dec 2005
I would prefer that life were "peaches and cream" but unfornately we just don't live in a perfect world. This is a perfect dipiction of "realism"...Very well done Diana!...Very powerful!Renata Cavanaugh 27 Dec 2005
Very intense, sad and thought provokingArtAblaze 26 Dec 2005
Very well done ! I especially love the emotions displayed through this drawing towards the subject ! Message well conveyedGary Glass 26 Dec 2005
Very Nice work and a powerful lmage for the topic in which you are depicting here...nie chongxiang 24 Dec 2005
very nice work and taste! I enjoyed so much. please view my website: www.niebrothers.comLes Jobes 22 Dec 2005
very emotionally intense drawing.. it's a terrible reality for some, hopefully they can be found and helped.. Excellent pencil and pastel work.Cristina Marsi 22 Dec 2005
A very emotional picture. Great job!Marcel LorAnge 21 Dec 2005
This is quite intense indeed but it is reality for too many people unfortunately. I hope this poignant image will touch somebody and make a difference Diana. It is a serious problem!Tabitha Borges 21 Dec 2005
so sad and many emotions....great great work....Clare Rowley 19 Dec 2005
Very intense... glad you posted... life is a mix of many sad realities like this.... Great work...stephanie atlee 19 Dec 2005
wow...your words are indeed thought provoking and the image y ou have created says so much...nicely doneKaren Jennison 19 Dec 2005
great interpretation of the challenge, Diana, and very well executed!Joke Schotting 19 Dec 2005
WOW,Great pastel work,its beautiful,Diana!!!Katerina Koukiotis 19 Dec 2005
very powerful and moving artwork!Marilyn Servais 19 Dec 2005
very great image for this challenge Diana ! this is a rude but so sadly true image!Aris Stathakis 19 Dec 2005
powerful and great message, well done Diana!Armando Salas 19 Dec 2005
Very emotional and powerfulLoredana 19 Dec 2005
Very Moving and powerful Imagery Diana Well composed :)Fiona Hooper 19 Dec 2005
This must have been a harrowing piece of work to complete, Diana. Bravo for speaking out through your art.Alberto D'Assumpcao 19 Dec 2005
The B&W gives intensity to this composition, Diana! Very well done!Thom Roslan 19 Dec 2005
Excellent interpretation......A really emotional interpretation.......Love the B & W exacting from the Color......tells it All!!!Nira Dabush 18 Dec 2005
This is...great interpretation of the subject.Like always very CREATIVE,POWERFUL,Dianajoan warburton 18 Dec 2005
Sad but true; powerful and emotional work.Analua 18 Dec 2005
The anonymous was me, sorry.Kathi Perry 18 Dec 2005
Wow powerful Diana. Very nicely rendered.Emily Reed 18 Dec 2005
Wonderful! Great job!Anonymous Guest 18 Dec 2005
Awsome!!!! Magnific and great work Diana!!!Martha Miller 18 Dec 2005
I will agree with Penny......Very PowerfulPMyers 18 Dec 2005
Wow!! Your message is so powerful. There is such dispair in our world and this is a major one. Bravo to you for addressing this heart ache.Linda Eades Blackburn 18 Dec 2005
Powerful!thea walstra 18 Dec 2005
Agree with Eileen DianaVivian Allen 18 Dec 2005
Your concept of Beauty and the Beast is so emotionally depicted. What a shame so many beauties end up with the beast in this kind of life thinking they are stuck with no way out.eileen martin 18 Dec 2005
oh Diana, you should not hesitate about posting this, for this is what art is, expressing life in ways that touch and speak to the viewer, everything in life isn't pretty, and the same is true in art, your image speaks volumes of some of real lifes 'beasts'... excellent, well done work!!Leah Jaarveth 18 Dec 2005
Wow, you left me speechless, amazing work with a true meaning..wonderful work Diana...I hope some of those poor womrn get out before its too late....