Snatch is a comment on violence as entertainment. Wether fictional or in the form of broadcasted news, today's society entertains itself with other people's misfortune. The painting portrays a vicious predatory attack, an armed robbery on a middle age man. Painted from December 2004 to July 2005, the painting is executed in oil on gesso-prepared mahogany. The painting is featured in the Fall issue of DIRECT ART 2006.