Om Mani Padme Hum.
The realization of self
A thousand thanks to those who have helped to make my art career possible. May you find peace, happiness, and joy.

This is an "AR 556". According to business insider the U.S. military has had their hands in 5.56mm rounds for nearly SIXTY years! I enjoy the play of the nexus board in the background surrounding the AR 556. Like some machine gathering information and feeding it to a source computer. I also rather liked decrypting how to add a hexigonal pattern around the weapon.

The ".22" was my second major gun project. I'd been working for several weeks drawing guns, painting them is a different matter.However, I think I did the form and the resilience of the Silver and Gold grips and the slide. I've been creating future weapons and this painting has a Sci-Fi feel to it. I like naming weapons for what they are, the .22 was a weapon relied upon during several Wars.

This is my first gun painting. The golden leaves fly past the connected broken glass on either side. I believe that when an artist crosses over into the territory of firearms. He has to consider their history and their factors.
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