How exciting! My painting “Scissors” (which I like so much it’s featured on my home page) was awarded first place in the current Federation of Canadian Artists show with the theme Peace and Trust. Here is what I said about it when I made the submission:
Scissors, while such an everyday object, seem to hold a multitude of meanings relevant to the theme of peace and trust: they are an ultimate symbol of cooperation working beautifully to achieve a task (I recall my toddler grandson puzzling through how to coordinate the operation); yet also, they are too sharp to trust, if not used with care. Especially, you would not want them near the eyes. In this image, are we seeing cooperation or mutual aggression? An expression of trust or a complex détente? Do the two halves make a whole, or make a mess?