This painting is inspired by a Father's love for his son. I'm the father and my son is Jet and whilst he is not involved with drugs, the painting contains extreme profanity and Cocaine. Painted in six layers, Cocaine for Jet is representative of how the drug cocaine washes over reality with its own layers and influence to create what is perceived as a new, fast paced and delicately detailed reality, often with pleasant accentuations for the individual. The real work of the painting is beneath and between the layers, and this speaks to the superficial but subliminal effect that the drug engenders. I have purposely refrained from moralising comment with this piece as it is intended to generate intelligent discussion on the important and broad social issue of drug use. Ideally, I envisage this painting hanging in the family home where the questions it raises are most pertinent and confronting.
Artist\'s Comment

it looks innocent and holy like, almost relating to unfairness in the world, I can always twist the perspective some way cant I Mitchell
christie

Mitchell I have very limited experience of drug use.. the occasional puff from the pipe of a heavily addicted pot philosopher friend I once used to play crazy role playing games with, left me useless for anything the whole weekend long! However I can relate to layers of consciousness and other worldlyness which this seems to speak of. I like the roughly hewn marks describing the cross. I once lay on a French beach watching the stars and was accosted by teenagers wanting to know what I was on... They thought it 'cool' when I responded fresh air.
Simon Blundell