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Christopher Trujillo The name of my series Africa the First Mother is representative of my views on the plight of endangered species and the depletion of rain forests. In placing the human as the earth, I acknowledge that we, as humans, think we are at the top of the food chain; the hair is the tree of life showing that we assume control of both animal and plants. I have tried to show a balance in the entire series showing both our cohesive past and how we have become disconnected from our mother earth. The painting “Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Stop No Evil”, represents how we have become self absorbed with the help of pop icons and the media. Head phones and sunglasses on, the human no longer connected, the line of energy has become a power line. Life is dying around her, unaware that without a complete circle, Life for her will not exist. This afro-centric series is reminiscent of my Latin and American Indian ethnicity. I cannot just paint to make something pretty for resale; I must express my political voice in order to feel productive as a powerful human who chooses to take responsibility for my actions.
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