Vorator Mortis
by Paul Hilario
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Title
Vorator Mortis
Artist
Paul Hilario
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
Sharks are one of the most misunderstood and mistreated creatures of the deep. In movies, they are depicted as monstrous animals that prey on humans. They are associated with death in the sea. In reality humans aren�t on the natural menu of sharks and most often are mistaken only as other prey.
But who really devours whom?
This painting is a statement on the practice of killing sharks for their fins. It is a merciless trade. Sharks are caught live; fins are removed, and thrown back in the sea to die.
A fisherman in the background casts his line in the blood red sea. He catches humans and only gets their arms and throws the rest at sea. This mirrors what is being done to the sharks. His line ends in the head of the woman in the middle. This refers to the effect of the trade to humans. Right now I don�t know what the effect is but I am pretty sure an imbalance is being created.
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November 29th, 2012
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Comments (3)
Jack Donahue
Ah, yes, the plight of the shark...recently within the past two weeks...(August 22, 2013) this problem of the shark's population has been highlighted on TV news. The question as you have raised, is what happens when this part of the food web and chain is broken? I think that generally it is a failure of the education system to teach biology more completely. If you asked your aquaintances and friends a question about the food chain/web, it usually is met with..."What are you talking about!" Therefore there is no engagement.
Paul Hilario replied:
Hi Jack. There has been many information campaigns on the trade but not enough impact (I think) as people who have eaten sharksfin soup or sharksfin wanton/siomai consider it a cultural tradition already. They grew up eating it. I have tried it when I was younger but never really put any thought to it. No one told me and in countries where it is widely consumed, the children also are clueless. Yes, education has something to do with it.
Angelina Vick
Elegant style and sophisticated work. Congratulations on your feature in Raw Critique!
Mona Edulescu
Fabulous artwork, Paul!!! So powerful and impressive... You so greatly depicted this sad troubling message in your painting... F,V&SU
Paul Hilario replied:
Thanks for viewing, for the effort in FVSU, reading the description, and your positive comments Mona! Glad that the message I want to show came across. This painting is not popular to many people for obvious reasons.
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