Ricky Romain :: Artist

Container Series. oil and indian on ink canvas. 180cm x 112cm. 2003. £1750	Container Series 2. oil and indian ink on canvas. 177cm x 96cm. 2003. £1750	Container Series 3. oil and indian ink on canvas. 178cm x 88cm. 2003 £1750
Container Series 4. oil and indian ink on canvas. 175cm x 113cm. 2003. £1750	Continer Series 5. 180cm x 115cm oil and indian ink on canvas. 2003. £1750	Container Series 6. oil and indian ink on canvas. 178cm x 110cm. 2003. £1750
Container Series 7. oil and indian ink on canvas. 144cm x 134cm. 2008 £2500	Container Series 8./Detail	Container Series 8/detail
Container Series 8/detail	'Passing Resemblence in the Midst of Conflict'. oil and Indian Ink on canvas. 165cm x 107cm. £1750. 2007

Many asylum seekers and migrant workers have to enter the country by hiding themselves in packing crates. The necessary and desperate act of stowing away de- humanises and degrades each individual and yet this 'human freight' retains an element of dignity and courage that depicts the many life histories that bring people to this point of desperation.