Style1½ inches thick (3.75 cm) Product Details Artist grade canvas, archival inks, wooden stretcher bars, and UVB protective coating
AvailablityUsually ships within five business days. ArtistGinette Callaway Platinum Member Collection09-Birds
Description The story about George is not just a story about one Duck. It's the story about the decay of humanity. A story about the apathy and slow creeping fungus called cruelty to helpless individuals, from animals, to children to the elderly the most vulnerable individuals of our society. We can't accept this decay of humanity. If we want to protect humanity, we must protect the most vulnerable. Because when we become so desensitized that we just chalk this off as a prank, we are lowering the bar and eventually there will be no bar left.~~~~~George was a friendly well loved Duck in the River Walk district of San Antonio Texas. George was a she. She loved everyone. She nipped on people legs to ask for food. People fed her Tortilla chips. She spent her days by the river walk and slept at a spot on the walk. Until the night of May 29th, when two men crept up on the sleeping George, stomped her, strangled her and just for fun murdered her. Then they calmly walked by the Restaurant where they appeared briefly on the camera, holding George by her neck and further down they threw her in the river.~~~~~You may say But its just a duck, why the fuzz! The fuzz is that this is symbolic of something deeper that is happening in our society. A steady decline in compassion. A steady increase of dismissal of animal cruelty and slow to no progress in prosecuting acts like this. This Being felt the horror, the pain attacked in her sleep, and she suffered just like we do. She trusted people and that is what she got in return.~~~~~Its no secret that people that do this have probably done this before, to other animals, or to other children, or adults, they are probably bullies. They usually progress into ac
Ginette Callaway, Lovejoy Member Since March 2007 Artist Statement Hello and welcome. The art in this gallery is all created by Ginette Callaway. If you purchased a print please contact me. I will email you a discount code that you can apply when purchasing an original painting and I will also include a "Certificate of Authenticity" for the print you purchased. Contact me on my website ginettefineart.com
I was born in Alsace France and from childhood on, I had Art and a Love for Nature and beauty in my blood. In my younger years I traveled and saw a bit of the world. After moving to the Unites States I became a full time artist with collectors from all over the world. I have been selling my art online since 1999 If you want to see or purchase my original art, please visit my website is ginettefineart.com