Mixed Media on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.

Signed and numbered on the back.

This piece starts in the genre of a popular traditional Australian Colonial artwork by Robert Downing from 1857, titled 'Masters George William Miss Harriet Ware with Jamie Ware.' I've moved the painting from a portrait group into the digital space and used the Surrealist methodology of manipulation to give meaning and context to ideas of identity, nationality, belonging, immigration and citizenship, as well as the environmental impact of migration. The group is replaced by a feral deer balloon animal, paying homage to Jeff Koons, an artist who explores the meaning of art in a media-saturated era, by referring to his popular balloon animal works from 1995-2010.