Hardboiled

Original size 8.5x11 © 2015 Alex Ledante

Even though I did this piece for the Year of the Goat, it is more suitable for the Lantern Festival. Actually this is a tribute to Hong Kong cinema and wanted to do a nice John Wu piece featuring Chow Yun Fat flying through the air with his two guns and a bunch of paper scraps falling down

But then I got a letter from the NEA warning me that my grant would be pulled if I didn't have enough affirmative action in my work, so I got Chow Yun Fat's kid sister at the last minute. They were so pleased that I depicted a minority female that my award was raised...