Show Your True Colors and Support the Heroes of Ukraine | Like most civilized, reasonably intelligent, and empathetic people around the world, I am appalled by the situation that has befallen Ukraine. I decided to share my feelings of compassion and admiration for the people of Ukraine by creating this series of artworks as a tribute to the millions of Ukrainians facing the demonic Russian army serving the megalomaniacal Vladimir Putin.
Make Love Not War morphs into Make Art Not War | I am not the first person to express this mindful wish with art. In 1997, British contemporary artist Bob and Roberta Smith painted MAKE ART NOT WAR on two battered plywood panels he found in a London dumpster. More recently, the incomparable Shepard Fairey created a brilliant bold and graphic edition of serigraphs with the same title in 2019 — during the Iraq war.
The Ukrainian Flag is made up of two equal bands of color: azure blue on top and golden yellow on the bottom, representing fields of grain under a bright blue sky. My own CMYKG editions include cyan, the very brightest of blues, and process yellow — life doesn’t get any yellower than process yellow. As soon as I made the connection, I had to create a way to pay homage to the valiant struggles of the Ukrainian people. Maybe make a difference. Help spread the word. Introducing The UKRKG Collection. I hope you will join me in my appreciation of their fortitude and spirit and will decide to show their nation’s colors upon the walls of your world. For prices and specs just click on your favorite print and you'll be magically delivered to the UKRKG gallery located under ART in the site menu.
Donate | Please find three live links at the bottom of this page and donate generously to these worthy organizations whose relief efforts are ongoing, not just in troubled Ukraine, but throughout the world in countries like Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Ethiopia — each and all of which are victims of Vladimir Putin’s fiendish war crimes.
