Monument 3
Lightning Strikes Not Once, Not Twice, but Thrice!
As we all know, in February of this year, Vladimir Putin decided to invade Ukraine and it was suddenly time for the Global Peace Initiative to build another monument…. dedicated to peace in the name of the Ukrainian people. And so the search was on for a special artist who could create a towering monument that would radiate a message of peace and hope to the Ukrainian people during their darkest hours.
The search took the Global Peace Initiative all over the world and, in each case, ended in failure and disappointment. Then, in a quirk of fate that was so improbable, the impossible happened! The Global Peace Initiative discovered (now) 16-year-old Osbelit Garcia Morales in a tiny Mexican town with a population of only 686. As soon as the GPI saw Osbelit’s work, she was offered the commission for the Ukrainian monument, and she accepted.
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This Rarest of Prodigies Has Mastered Not One, But Three Distinct Artistic Disciplines….By the Age of 14!
There were no art galleries or museums where Osbelit lives to inspire her artistic curiosity. Yet, when all the other kids wanted to play, all 8-year-old Osbelit wanted to do was fill her school notebook with drawings. Even then, Osbelit’s drawings were not the scribblings of the average 8-year-old. They were sophisticated portraits…near perfect in every detail.
She quickly moved on to dry pastels, creating works so advanced that word of an artistic genius began to spread throughout Southern Mexico. Soon Osbelit was painting as if she had been doing it for many more years than she had been alive. When art supplies were not available, Osbelit used boards and flat stones to paint on, and she mixed her own paint using local dies and chalk. For the next 3 years, Osbelit walked several miles each day to her middle school where she was allowed to stay after to paint and draw.
Working Entirely by Herself, Osbelit Was Painting at the Level of a Master by the Age of 11.
Local art experts simply could not comprehend the astonishing fact that Osbelit had already become a master in not one, but three artistic disciplines including hyper-realism, surrealism, and costumbrismo. Most art prodigies work in simple forms of abstract where exacting detail and complex themes are not required.
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Why Ukraine? Why Now?
What could be called the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces started as far back as eight years ago, but the last weeks have seen unfolding horrific acts of violence, unspeakable atrocities, and also genuinely heartbreaking acts of human goodness. The Global Peace Initiative is committed to supporting the people and communities of Ukraine in whatever capacity is possible, and with that in mind have decided to create our 3rd monument of peace for Ukraine.
The Russian campaign of genocide is being perpetrated in Ukraine as we speak. Children, the elderly, the weak and the disabled have been forced to flee amongst the wreckage of their lives, displaced and suddenly being called refugees. There are many organizations assisting the millions of refugees (mostly women and children) that have been forced to flee for their lives, sheltering in train stations and bomb shelters as they leave behind everything including their dead. Recent days have seen flagrant instances of war crimes and civilian executions.
We want to show people, that even in the darkest of times, peace will still be the ultimate guide for love and kindness across the globe.
