"The Pinch of Poverty"

1. Contributing factors of poverty include where you work (if your work), where you live, the type of government you live under, as well as others.
2. This artist portrays poverty in a negative light, as shown by the dark colors and gloomy faces.
3. I think the artist's message is that it is a hard life living in poverty, and can happen to anyone.
4. The artist uses dark colors and a certain dreariness about the painting to create a dark and bleak setting, which emphasizes the hard life of poverty. He or she also uses perspective as he puts the focal point on the baby to show that poverty can affect anyone, even a small child.