Migrant Paintings
The paintings of the immigrants were inspired by the epic painting ‘The Raft of the Medusa’ by Théodore Géricault a tragic story of a shipwreck from 1818-19, which hangs in the Louvre, and recent photographs from the internet of immigrants fleeing their homes with nothing but their lives.
The images have such similarities despite them being 200 years apart – it fills me with compassion and makes me wonder what lives and stories are left behind.
Anchor, 2022, oil on canvas, 51 x 41cm
Dove, 2022, oil on canvas, 51 x 41cm
Migrants, 2022, oil on canvas, 51 x 41cm
Smiley, 2022, oil on canvas, 51 x 41cm
Splash, 2022, oil on canvas, 51 x 41cm
Migrants and Emojis exhibitied in the SOLO Contemporary at the British Art Fair, 2023, Saatchi Gallery, London.
The Smiley, exhibited in the SOLO Contemporary at the British Art Fair, 2023, Saatchi Gallery, London.
Exhibited in the SOLO Contemporary at the British Art Fair, 2023, Saatchi Gallery, London.
Migrants and Emojis exhibited in the SOLO Contemporary at the British Art Fair, 2023, Saatchi Gallery, London.
La Diaspora, 2020, oil on canvas
The Raft of the Medusa, 2021, oil on canvas, 120 x 150cm each
Emojis & Immigrants, triptych (left), 2022, oil on canvas, 120 x 150cm each
Emojis & Immigrants, triptych (middle), 2022, oil on canvas, 120 x 150cm each
Emojis & Immigrants, triptych (right), 2022, oil on canvas, 120 x 150cm each
The Crossing, 2021, oil on canvas, 120 x 150cm
The Arrival, diptych, 2022, oil on canvas, 120 x 150cm each
The Smiley, 2021, oil on canvas, 120 x 150cm
