ORDER/CHAOS Final Piece and how it happened

I admit that I was unsure what direction I should go in when it came to making my final piece however over the year I had come to appreciate mess and rust and decay. I would stop and look at billboards that had been battered by the weather and the Human hand. I also felt very strongly about political issues and felt a need to express myself. We had recently had the opportunity to vote and I was feeling ashamed that I chose not to. This was because of a total lack of faith in any of the parties. Never the less I realise that I am not alone and many people are feeling at a loss with politics. There is the bigger election coming up and again I cannot say who I will vote for as the main three parties, I feel, have let the ordinary person down.
So along with these feelings and a love of billboards gone rotten I created a piece which I felt reflected order and chaos, not just because of the appearance but because of what the piece was saying. To vote and to choose not to vote out of ignorance or a total feeling of hopelessness in all directions available, to me indicates order/chaos.

THE MESSAGE
I worried that this may be offensive, but decided that, that's life. It is meant to represent a sort of graffiti and an attitude both ignorant and hostile as I think I am trying to show a dying society and community, and a battered approach to choosing our future when many people feel they don't really have a choice because all the pathways lead to the same place. Never the less the graffitti could be looked at as incidentual, next to the 'Vote' posters for some things in life may cause the question, is this a direct reaction to Austerity/Welfare cuts/lack of jobs etc? Or is it simply a result of a society broken by bad governance and a lack of Humanity and any real thought? Take the riots of 2011 for example. In my opinion those riots had no real thought or purpose. Simply they were opportunities for the chaotic youths to inflict vegence on what remains of society and the order of the country. However those terrible riots seemed to fit with the current wave of depression and hopelessness that was looming ahead at that time. It was not a protest to this, but in my opinion did reflect over 30 years of British governance gone wrong.
THE ARTWORK
The canvas has many layers of acylic paint added to it, often paint mixed with talcum powder to give it more texture and thickness. I have also glued on many bits of paper and then ripped them off again in an attempt to create a tatty look. The 'Vote' pieces were painted on a separate piece of paper and then photographed, tweaked on Picassa photo editing suit and then printed out and glued on, then rubbed and scraped in order to look aged. I also glued on photographs I have taken and changed on Picassa of building work but simply for the abstract effect it made. After this I painted with black acrylic onto the canvas the 'graffitti'. Not quite satisfied I then watered down different coloured ink and using a sponge swept it across different parts of the canvas. When this dried I added white acrylic paint dabbed on here and there. Then I used soft pastels to give the canvas a more rough edge and bring out some of the creases and folds made by the added bits of paper.

 
 Canvas with first layer of acrylic paint and talcum powder.

 
 The original photograph taken in Manchester and below is the photo altered on Picassa in both green/blue and pink/blue shades. These two pieces were stuck onto the canvas and ripped off leaving only fragments of their images left to be seen.

 The next stage of the canvas after paper and other acrylic paints had been added.

The 'Vote' piece, painted and altered on Picassa before being printed out and pasted onto the canvas