Alé Mercado - Uranium

Alé Mercado is a talented advocate of a powerful and edgy style of illustration which is emerging from the underground art scene. Alé’s work is very graphic and has a strong, dark and witty style that fits into the rock/marginal/lifestyle genres. In his 20-year career as a graphic designer and illustrator, Alé’s work has been used extensively by Government agencies and event organisers. His designs and illustrations are created digitally while retaining the expression of traditional media, namely pen and ink, screen printing and woodcutting."

On the piece: "When humans first noticed they could create fire, they probably felt frightened by that new source of power (in the widest sense of the word) that sometimes they could not control. That didn't stop them using fire and ultimately transformed their lives, allowing them to create civilizations and step out of the darkness... The same will happen with Nuclear Power once politics and narrow-mindedness get out of the way."

http://www.alemercado.com/

Limited Edition Digital Print - 50cm x 50cm