fat rich men and women are gorging themselves on a cafe patio, urban blight background, oil painting by Jean-François Millet and Kevin Peter...

The idea for this piece comes from an experience I had, the concept hit me years ago as I was eating a gourmet looking salad while sitting at the sidewalk tables in front of a downtown pizzeria; I looked up to see a very destitute homeless man glancing over as he passed by and it suddenly hit me, that I was in effect flaunting my privilege by eating on an outdoor patio, right on a busy downtown street. I remembered times in my life when I myself was homeless or just times when I was super broke and couldn't afford to eat out anywhere. I remembered walking by these kind of places trying not to stare at the people, trying to ignore the sight of delicious looking foods and amazing smells- and it literally curbed my appetite, I covered the salad and left and vowed that I would never eat in a public outdoor space like that, where people had to pass by and have my privilege shoved in their faces.