Brief Description: Monarch Migrant painting draws attention to the dangers the Monarch butterfly faces in their migration due to climate change, it also tries to draw a correlation with the perils and difficulties of the migrants at our southern borders. The painting has two hand-drawn maps correlating the journey of the monarchs and the other pointing to the location of deaths of the migrants crossing the Sonoran Desert near the US-Mexico border. The butterfly wings have images of hope, kindness, and resilience contemplating current escalation of border enforcement activity in the U.S. and stressing on the interdependence of species and the earth. The net attached to the painting depicts the obstacles the butterfly and migrants face, yet life endures all challenges and obstacles and emerges to seek freedom to continue their migration journey.
The painting has two hand-drawn maps correlating the journey of the monarchs and the other pointing to the location of deaths of the migrants crossing the Sonoran desert near the US-Mexico border.
Butterflies are a symbol of New Beginnings. The painting draws attention to the dangers the Monarch butterfly faces in their migration, especially as the climate changes; it also tries to draw a correlation with the perils and difficulties that the migrants face who leave their homes in search of New Beginnings. The butterfly wings have images of hope, kindness, and resilience. The drawing of Mother Teresa on the wing depicts kindness, and the trees’ resilience during drought and wildfire depicts the resilience of all living beings. The net stuck to the painting depicts the obstacles, but the butterfly still emerges from the holes and continues its migration and cycle of life.