TOW #5: Illuminati Painting

This painting by David Martin, a freelance cover artist, depicts the effects of an elitist group on the world. It may have been created in response to the growing number of Illuminati conspiracy theories surfacing on the internet.
This painting reveals to anyone interested in the Illuminati, what this cult does. Martin literally paints a picture of the different mediums the Illuminati utilizes in order to influence the world: money, media, violence. Also, this painting addresses followers of this cult, letting them know their secret has been revealed. For unsuspecting people who are not familiar with the Illuminati, it is just another powerful picture showing humans being influenced by worldly things. But to those who are familiar with symbols such as the Eye of the Providence, they can associate this picture with the Illuminati.
This painting gets its purpose across mainly with symbolism. This rhetorical element gives the painting a poignant and intense feel. The Pyramid with the "all seeing eye" symbolizes the Illuminati and the wooden mannequin being controlled by a hand represents how humans are unknowingly controlled by the forces of the Illuminati. The four hands holding a gun, knife, film, and money, are all symbolic of what is used to influence the human race. In this painting, the Illuminati operates through the film industry and has enough money and power to cause events and kill people. Martin's painting forcefully gets his message across, which is that the Illuminati is everywhere, controlling humans. 
But is all of this real? One can only continue to wonder.