Walking into the exhibit, I immediately felt a sense of gloominess and darkness. The entire exhibit was monochromatic and showed images of oil well fires and explosions. From all the paintings, you notice a lot of pain and despair. There were various images of the workers drenched in oil and still continuing to do their job which made me realize how hardworking they are.

One painting that stood out to me was an image of two men using an oil machine and it gave me a sense of patriotism. From what I read from the pamphlet and image descriptions, Saddam Hussein was blowing up oil wells as a way of revenge. To see people working together for a common goal made me realize how patriotic and proud us Americans are and it left a big impact on me.