THE IMMIGRANT (oil on linen 40 x 30)
THE IMMIGRANT is a picture of a hard-working, pregnant, female immigrant who has worked in the US as hotel maid and restaurant dishwasher. The goal in painting her was to create a focal point on which we could place our national discourse on the subject of illegal immigration (although the legal status of the model is not known.) The artist did not choose the subject’s expression or clothes; rather, she painted what was presented to her. Participate in the disscussion.
