Gratitude, The Unrecognized Essential Workers Series: Immigrant Farmers 1

This is a painting from my recent exhibition "Gratitude, The Unrecognized Essential Workers Series", inspired by the landscape/situation we found ourselves in this past year due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus. Most of us are acutely aware of the Essential Workers who are obvious to us during these challenging “Pandemic Times”; Health care workers, Doctors, Nurses, etc. Hopefully this time has also brought a heightened awareness and appreciation to those that are often overlooked but are no less essential to a whole, functioning, prosperous human society. These are the people this exhibit focused on. Though providing these Essential Services, they remain unrecognized in their value to society at large. Certainly this is true in the way they are grossly underpaid but the list can continue to cover most of society; the teachers, service persons, postal workers, immigrant farmers, artists, musicians, writers, EMT’s, custodians, poets, social workers, dancers, repair persons…etc.etc.