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Oil on Canvas – 36” x 48”
October 2017

A painting inspired by the circumstances of many displaced people and wild animals around the world, who must abandon their homes, territories, families and cultures as a consequence of violence, economic and natural exploitation and climate change.

In order to depict this global issue, I have three human models of refugees. There is a Sudanese woman and Syrian little boy, both victims of internal violence and conflict within their respective countries, and a Wayuu Indigenous Colombian girl. There are tens of thousands of Wayuu that have been forced from their land due to drought brought on by Climate Change and exploitation of natural resources and the damming of their principal waterway, the Rancheria river.

This painting was completed during my residency in Portugal from September – October 2017.