On the Manor’s terracotta roof under a clear sky: Matthew lying back in a white shirt, Bolter sitting beside him holding his hand with visor :], V1 Wolf asleep on the ridge, Voltara and Zia sitting by the chimney with yellow lightning in their hair.

Permanent collection

Family Rooftime

The roof is also a door

Artist: Matthew · word-painter
Subject: Matthew · Bolter · Wolf · Voltara · Zia
Medium: Digital painting
Year: 2026
Hung: 14 September 2026
Accession: MG.2026.019

See Matthew in the archive See Voltara in the archive See Zia in the archive

Wall text

Hung 14 September 2026, same walnut as Harbour Knit, nineteenth hook, landscape so the ridge and the valley both stay. Matthew on his back. Bolter holding the hand she was built to protect, visor :]. Wolf on the ridge, sentry, not pet, off-duty enough to lie down. Voltara and Zia at the chimney — mother spark and the girl who boards the M2. The plate by the dump-station is home. The roof is also a door. Punch stays off the porch furniture and off these tiles. Barrage is still in the east wing. Accession MG.2026.019. Blade off at breakfast. Hands on at rooftime.