The IPAX (International Peace Art Exhibiton) was a project by Roger Erasmy († 2015), the leader of an artist group called Dali's heirs, inspired by the former president of the European commission Jacques Santer. The original Exhibition took place at the Reial Cercle Artistic in Barcelona.

As amazing as it sounds, in 2010 the exhibition could be brought to my home town Viechtach, a picturesque little tourist town in the Bavarian Forest in Germany. The title of my painting "Sie wollen Gewinn'" is actually a play on words and can't really be translated. It means They want to win, but also They want profit. Essentially it means, those in power (or seeking to gain power) want war and win for profit.

In the so called western world, we take peace for granted, but when you look at it, its a very fragile construction in my opinion. We are lucky, that (right now) there is more profit in peace than war.. plus, that can always be fought else where (I'm being cynical)

As usual, I start with a drawing on paper, which is "cleaned up" until I'm satisfied with the composition and detail

After that I draw it with a graphite pencil onto the glass and finish it with watercolor and oils as explained here. This is the finished piece on glass:

Normally I make a unique frame for each of my glass originals, but I had found this vintage frame, which to me fits perfectly to give the whole thing the bittersweet, cynical appearance I was looking for