My inspirations for the physical style of this piece were the artworks of 20th century illustrators like J.C. Leyendecker and Normal Rockwell. Whereas they used their artworks to mostly glorify American culture, I'm using a similar illustrative style to comment on the less idealistic or positive aspects of American society during the 20th century. This artwork is a criticism of the traditional family dynamic during the defined time period and the issues that plagued them. My painting is meant to tell the story of this imperfect family because at first passing glance, you see a normal, nuclear family standing in front of a nice house. The viewers are meant to look around the painting and notice more and more abnormalities the longer they inspect it. A few of the things I’d like onlookers to notice are the "For Sale" sign, the blood splatter on the old little boy's clothes and hands, the bruises on the woman and the tears in her eyes, and the bottle nestled in the bushes' leaves.