"True art is unable not to be revolutionary, not to aspire to a complete and radical reconstruction of society"

Hey brothers, sisters, comrades and comradettes! r. here:
I felt that the above quotation from everyone's favourite Trotskyist (remember Trotskyite:Trotskyist::Trekkie:Trekker), Leon Trotsky ("Manifesto: Towards a Free Revolutionary Art) was an appropriate title for this posting. This is the first in what I'm projecting as a series of paintings of my cat, Boom Boom Geoffrion, in the style of socialist propaganda posters--the ubiquitous image of Che Guevara that adorns a good 45% of college dorm room walls, my own back then included, is the principal inspiration--paired with various revolutionary slogans. For this painting I went with the "Join, Or Die" from a Ben Franklin political cartoon (feel free to suggest your favourite slogan for future paintings). The painting itself is 9"x12" Acrylics on Canvas. When I paint I use stencils for the images--kind of a graffiti/Andy Warhol thing or Magritte crisp without the illustrative abilities?--so this is a stencil made from a black and white photo of Boom Boom (if you want to try it at home, most desktop publishing software can produce a workable image for stencilling) that I then hand cut for the single use along with a separate stencil for the legend. A will no doubt be expressing out mutual love for freezer paper/wax paper for craft stuff and I will say that it makes phenomenal stencils and is far, far cheaper than tracing paper, but try not to get the organic stuff because it feels a little funny. Anyways, here it is: "Boom Boom Revolution #1"