John - Portrait of a homeless man Metal Print
by Kai Saarto
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John - Portrait of a homeless man metal print by Kai Saarto. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of a metal print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 1/16" thick aluminum. The aluminum sheet is offset from the wall by a 3/4" thick wooden frame which is attached to the back. The high gloss of the aluminum sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results.
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John is a 49-year-old homeless man who has been living on the streets for the past five years. He lost his job as a warehouse worker when the company... more
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Artist's Description
John is a 49-year-old homeless man who has been living on the streets for the past five years. He lost his job as a warehouse worker when the company he worked for went bankrupt, and he has been struggling to find work ever since. John has been unable to afford rent on his own and has been forced to rely on shelters and the kindness of strangers to get by.
These portraits capture the faces of a forgotten population, the homeless men who live on the streets of our cities. In the United States alone, there are over 500,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given night, and a significant portion of that population is made up of middle-aged men. These men have fallen on hard times, struggling with poverty, mental illness, addiction, or a combination of all three. They are often invisible to the rest of society, overlooked and ignored as they struggle to survive day by day.
But these portraits give these men a voice and a presence, reminding us of their humanity and the...
About Kai Saarto
In order to spend more time with his family, Kai Saarto (b. 1974) traded his successful career in journalism for the uncertain income of an artist. He paints exclusively on digital oils, with results that are virtually impossible to tell from a real oil paintings. Most of his artistic work is privately commissioned portraits, but he also has an ever expanding portfolio of prints. These are from various subjects, including street scenes, landscapes, military equipment and works inspired by video games. Kai Saarto lives in city of Turku, Finland, with his wife, sons and two crazy springer spaniels.
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