ROB MATTHEWS
Painting | 2018
This body of work is made to spend time considering events and people that get lost in the shuffle of the ever-changing news cycle. Themes of upheaval, power, displacement and the unspoken message of “home” anchor the work. The subject in Flight to Egypt is Gabriela Hernandez, a 27-year-old pregnant mother detained at the US border near Tijuana depicting the Biblical narrative of Madonna and Child.
Size
38 × 51 inches - Unframed
Materials
Acrylic and acrylic gouache on canvas over wood panel
Authenticity
Hand signed by the artist
Flight to Egypt
ROB MATTHEWS
Painting | 2018
This body of work is made to spend time considering events and people that get lost in the shuffle of the ever-changing news cycle. Themes of upheaval, power, displacement and the unspoken message of “home” anchor the work. The subject in Flight to Egypt is Gabriela Hernandez, a 27-year-old pregnant mother detained at the US border near Tijuana depicting the Biblical narrative of Madonna and Child.
Size
38 × 51 inches - Unframed
Materials
Acrylic and acrylic gouache on canvas over wood panel
Authenticity
Hand signed by the artist
