He uses a picture of the iconic Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco. The picture beneath the paint seems to be taken in the morning while the sun is rising and it's a clear day. Gerhard then uses black to change the theme of it and make it more sinister while still allowing the original image to be clearly seen. I plan to do a image based on the same idea but using pens instead of paint.
Gerhard appears to draw inspiration from his upbringing in Nazi Germany. The use of a nice, bright picture being covered over in dark paint symbolizes how the Nazi rule took place. At first no one suspected anything and then slowly over time it become darker and more evil with the invasion of Poland and enslavement of millions of people in death camps. The picture shows the evil infecting the lovely scene and if allowed to continue then it would ruin everything.
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