email me Ph: 602-430-9633 "Surrender"- Acrylics, Size 24"x 48" Price, NFS Click here to see some detailed photos of "Surrender". "Surrender" is an emotional response to 9/11. I was looking through different magazines when I started to conceive this work. I started down a path of having a multitude of images blended together but for some reason it wasn't working or doing what I felt. I felt anger, fear, hate....a very dark and sad image. Working through the confusion I struggled to come up with something that made a powerful statement of how I felt. It was my wife who brought me back from my inspired confusion. Keep it simple. I reversed my original collage type image of darkness to a simple statement of sorrow & hope. I had one image of a NY firefighter upset and overwhelmed that struck me as the essence of how I felt. I also had an image of a home-made 2 x 4 cross that said "I surrender all, all I have I give". Then I had a thought of the American flag holding the cross but abstractly coming apart. The flag (American people) was shaken but still has a firm grip on our souls. The white cross is a sign of hope in all the darkness of the day. The background is a mixture of blacks and some of the dusty colors to represent the evil that all of us felt. What I was trying to achieve was a sense of sorrow or loss with hope. All of the firefighters went running into the burning towers with no regard (surrendering) for their lives. Very similar to Jesus surrendering his life without regard of his sacrifice to save us all. Many of them lost their lives attempting to help their fellow man. I have comfort knowing that in their senseless loss, they all will be taken into the Lords open arms. In my eyes all of these people are heroes. email me Ph: 602-430-9633 Copyright 2002, Howard S. Dinet, Phoenix, AZ