The Raft, 2019, oil on canvas, 60 x 72 in. / 23.6 x 28.3 cm.

The Raft, Gary Westford, 2019, oil on canvas, 60 x 72 in. / 23.6 x 28.3 cm.

Six people are abandoned in rough seas on a make-shift raft, (inexplicably) along with a rusting 1948 Buick, once a prestige symbol for mid- 20th century American power and industry. On a far distant horizon, they see the Statue of Liberty