beuatifull work!

Pulp artwork style. I love it!

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This was commissioned by "Rhodie Rhodysia" as an expression of standing up to bravely share an unpopular opinion, as the original painting this paints over/references is a classic expression of American virtues from the 1940s.

That's quite an interesting rabbit hole to go down. Rhodesia was a former country related to Zimbabwe, which went through a lot of racial civil unrest and the developing Rhodesia became no-more. The term "Rhodie" refers to a descendant of the white ruling class of Rhodesia who mourn for what they see as the loss of ethnic superiority; these individuals produce a lot of mega racist revisionist history videos on youtube that talk about how the white people of Rhodesia were ethnically replaced by hordes of uncivilized black people.

The famous free speech painting by Norman Rockwell has since its inception and modern rediscovery by our generations represented a man bravely sharing an unpopular opinion for which he would expect to be silenced in an uncivilized community. This is a common victim-playing dance that racist cultures today love to use while they punch down on others. This commissioner is staking their entire identity on the cultural history of Rhodesia and their racial feelings on that topic, using both the history of the original painting and your artwork to render themselves as a bastion of free speech and moral virtue.

I'm not saying that you were aware of or support these notions, but I feel it only fair to expand upon the full subject matter as you are making an adaptation upon a historic political work.

Oh. I didn't know :(
What would you recommend me to do?

Nothing, I'm not judging you. Just want you to be aware of how people might use you and your classical painting style, so you might be wary of intents when asked to do things like this; others may associate you with these larger contexts that you get involved in. You did a great job on this piece, preserving the style and emotion of the original painting. This is an interesting topic for anyone who would read this thread, and it's no bad thing for people to look at art in a more critical way to consider the historical influences behind any piece. The community is full of fun art and meaningful art but the meaning often gets glossed over.

I think troubles like this and arguments over meaning (not that there is necessarily any argument here) make art more worthwhile. You are free to do whatever you want with this, be that to hide my comments and move on (I won't hound you for it), delete the submission, or keep everything up for others to consider.

Addendum to my other reply: I don't see any ill intents behind the original Norman Rockwell painting; he handled all kinds of complex American topics in his day and the original had no racist intentions. The original story was of a man who voiced against rebuilding a school that burned down out of purely economic concerns, told as an example of American virtues in that everyone let him say his piece even though they disagreed with him and considered his viewpoint respectfully. Norman Rockwell covered the topic of racism from a progressive lens in other works. None of this is totally relevant but I just wanted to add this in case anyone might get the wrong idea about the original painting based on my initial comments.

I feel like I should keep the submission for other people to find the information you provided