Bienensterben
My first contribution to Month of Fear 2020 for the subject "Trick" (I made it, yay!). The founder Kristina Carroll rightly said that we should hold back on the fear this year. Nevertheless I had to take the opportunity of being a little frightening: my inspiration was Colony collapse disorder, German Bienensterben, the fact that bees are dying all over the world and we haven't fully understood why. While Einsteins alleged quote my not be genuine that humans will follow bees' extinction within a few years, it's yet another serious issue we haven't solved. So my take shows a benign person providing some magical food for the poor things.
22×335cm, oils on acrylic pouring on cardboard. This painting is painted in oils over an acrylic pouring that shows through in many places. You can buy it on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/881332321/bienensterben-month-of-fear-2020-trick
