Bryan Espiritu: "A Hole In The Fabric Of Life..." Giclee Print [16x21.5"]

This high quality reproduction is printed at 16 x 21.5" on 240GSM Canson Arches Aquarelle Rag paper and has a hand-torn (deckled) edge to reflect the paper quality of the original painting.

$100 from every sale of this print will be donated directly to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, who are on the ground providing urgent medical aid, treatment, and food to those in desperate need.

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I completed this painting, (entitled "A Hole In The Fabric Of Life Is A Stain On The Hand That Is Weilding The Knife") on September 1st, 2025, as a part of my recent collection of black acrylic works reflecting my feelings on the state of the world, and specifically the conditions in Palestine. 

Most of the work I had done for this series is type based, but as a designer who uses symbols to communicate ideas, I became overwhelmed with the thought of there being a terrible tear in the fabric of life.

Using a traditional keffiyeh design, and interconnecting an image of a broken barbed wire fence, I wanted to create a tactile emotion between the softness of the woven fabric and human life, and the cold and stoic and limiting and sharp harshness of steel and war and violence and oppression.