Observation 11

For my visual rhetoric assignment from Lee Gallery, Erik S. Miller "They Turn on Their Own" really appealed to me. The entire picture uses dark colors and has a old field appearance to it. You have to look behind the old marks on the work to see what exactly he is trying to portray. In the piece of work you see a man and a child. The men appears mentally challenged and reminds me of a predator on other people. He reminded me of the crazy white guy in the movie "The Green Mile" because of his manner in the photo. Next to the men is a child around the age of 3, who looks scared and worried. Her eyes are large and you can sense that she knows that something bad is about to happen. Also, in the photo their are two target drawings. One target is empty, but the other has a babies bottle in it.
This picture reminded me of a child molestation. After evaluating the photo and looking at the title I believe that the artist is saying that some father's will harm their own child before someone else will. I really liked this portrait because it showed that molestations occur in the world we live in today from people that you would think would try to keep you safe.