Battleground , oil on canvas by Paul Richmond Battleground is the newest addition to my War Paint series. The original painting is available through the Lyman-Eyer Gallery and limited-edition prints are available in my online store . Here are some detail shots. Battleground (detail) Battleground (detail) Battleground (detail) Battleground (detail) I recently completed my artist statement about the series: WAR PAINT “They understand only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought.” – Lord of the Flies , William Golding Body painting has significance in many cultures and serves a variety of purposes from spiritual cleansing to battle preparation. My War Paint series draws upon this rich symbolism to investigate the construction of identity. In these paintings, the modern masculine form becomes the canvas, a painted object of his own creation. Reality and abstraction compete within the figurati...