Hyperreal Paintings by Denis Peterson

This powerful and gripping painting is of a three year old Ethiopian boy whose father was brutally slaughtered before his eyes and whose mother was forcibly taken away by rogue soldiers, never to reappear. He was named "Abandoned".

50% of the proceeds coming from print sales for this painting are donated to a national organization dedicated to the prevention of genocide.

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