The Match Studio Collaborative showcases the work of artists who are passionate about social justice causes. Each month, we promote an artist's work in our Teespring shop with all proceeds going to a charity of their choice.
JONATHAN BARNETT
Jonathan is an artist of singular vision, working with repetition and pattern. Although his subject matter is consistent, his execution incorporates a multitude of media, including drawing, painting and sculpture;pture
THE ART
"For my people, the Purepecha, the monarch butterfly is a sacred being. Every year it migrates north and returns on Dia De Los Muertos. Ancestors said the Butterflies are the spirits of the ones who left returning to spend time with the people. Migration is old as time and present as the air we breathe. This piece represents the innocence of life and its longing to be free. The connection of our bodies to the earth and our spirits to the sky. A butterfly in a jar is sentenced to death and a child in a cage is an abomination. Free our Kids"