A remarkably tender depiction, Mother and Child presents the unconditional love and special relationship between a mother and her children with stylistic and emotional finesse. While the “Madonna and Child” has a long historical precedent, Morrisseau has transformed the traditional subject of maternity to reflect his own visual and thematic interests. In Mother and Child, we encounter a woman and her young infant against a joyous, seemingly sun-charged, yellow ground. The two are intertwined, locked in an embrace. In the exchange of their gazes, Morrisseau captures the warm psychological nuances that characterize the maternal bond. A striking and gentle composition, the artist may have painted the pair with wife, Harriet, and daughter, Victoria, as his imagined models.