Rick Shaefer: The Refugee Trilogy

Refugee Trilogy is a suite of large-scale charcoal drawings by Connecticut-based artist Rick Shaefer. The works employ the visual language of Baroque painting to express, in a language both familiar and historical, the plight of contemporary refugees, and the persistence of this epic human tragedy across time. The series is comprised of three thematic scenes: Land Crossing addresses the hazardous journeys faced by refugees fleeing war, famine, drought; Water Crossing portrays the perilous journeys across open water; and Border Crossing addresses the conflicts and hostilities faced at borders.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website