I have done two new paintings, (16" x 20" oil on canvas), and I have been thinking about undocumented immigrants and that series of childrens' books "Where's Waldo?" Waldo books encourage children to search among crowd scenes for a tiny "Waldo" who is always dressed the same and easily recognizable...presumably these books really encourage visual literacy/careful observation. In this painting there is an undocumented man doing landscape work. He is barely distinguishable from his surroundings. And that's the way he wants it. He does not want you to identify him and pick him out.
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