Under the Rug
Two-Dimensional Wall Art > Paintings (Acrylic)
42 x 27.25 x 2
$2,000.00
Artwork #
370
Artist's Statement
This painting started out as a grudging complaint about how some people shove controversial and interesting ideas under the rug, preferring to see only the pristine white couch, a symbol of everything right in life. It was also a response to having been displaced from my live/work studio of 24 years. The objects are my possessions, those controversial and interesting things that are now in storage. As hurricanes and floods appeared on the news, I flooded the foreground, and the painting morphed into a more universal image, representing displacement of people all over the world as a result of climate change. The white couch can now also be read as a symbol of safety and serenity in the midst of global chaos.
Artist
Susan Matthews
Contact Information
Sue.art.Matthews@gmail.com
