Drowns You and Rebirths You
Mixed media and epoxy on wood
Densely packed with symbolism, this piece is a summary representation of the experience of migrants and refugees across the world. The central figures of the father and child are a harrowing image taken from the recent Haitian refugee crisis. The transparent American flag behind them represents the hope for a better future, but upon closer inspection, it is stitched from the elements of more hardship. The waves of water surrounding them are made of chains, signifying the way in which this desperate journey can either literally drown you or, if successful in reaching the far shore, find you drowning in the often hostile environment of your rebirth.
Alma Trebeau
Alma is a multicultural & multilingual artist of French and Afro-Caribbean roots. She translates all the vibrations of these cultures into her work, striving to represent multiculturality through facial features and expressions, hair, and social condition. She is inspired by African art, street art, Pop Art, Pointillism, Uninterrupted lines, patterns, African and Afro-American arts, & Freedom Fighters. Alma’s art merges simple-minimal lines, bold colors and silver/golds, patterns, symbols and textures. She uses mainly acrylic, paint pens, 3D objects, oil pastels, spray paint, and stencils. Alma is a children's book author and also owns L’Expression Creative Studios Inc. to teach art to the community. She wants her audience and students to wonder and wander in the images she designs, to think upon and feel the plight of different cultural groups and see the beauty in them against oppression and profiling. (Upcoming series to look out for: Black Inventors Line portrait series, Freedom Pointillism & 3D Chain series, vivid Pastel expression and multicultural hair series, Pop Art Black acrylic Black Pioneer series & Bitcoin).
