Break The Rules- Lead Balloon, Acrylic on Canvas 65 x 90c
Make the impossible possible with this bold and brave painting. This daring Lead Balloon defies and breaks all conventions. Break the Rules with this Lead defying hot air balloon. It went down like a lead balloon well not this one, dare to be different and break the impossible chains. ‘When pigs fly!’, well this Lead Balloon can, this lead balloon not only floats it soars the skies. Element 82 Pb LEAD is on the Periodic Table, Atomic Number 82, this is the purple colour of Lead on the Periodic Table. Plumbum is the material Lead that was once used for water works by the Ancient Romans. The Romans also used lead for the many coins that circulated throughout The Roman Empire.
It went down like a Lead Balloon is also in tribute to Led Zeppelin, the symbol of the Angel of Icarus also defies to Break the Rules, Icarus was the one who flew too close to the sun. The painting is a homage to the versatile material of Lead.