Robert brought a few old paint brushes with him to Mexico in hopes that he would find a canvas that someone discarded and maybe buy a few acrylic paints at the Mexican Sunday market. Well, that's exactly what happened, however he didn't know what to paint. One day, Francisco, the owner of the treehouse where Robert and Sue are staying, told Robert about the history of the Mexican flag. He showed him a photo in a history book of one from 1821. Robert decided to use the 3 main colours and try to create a painting. The canvas is an old pair of bluejeans. This is the result. 
Green represents prosperity.
White represents the Roman Catholic faith of the people.
Red represents the blood of the Mexican heroes in the war with the Spanish.
Mexican Flag
The flag of Mexico (Spanish: Bandera de México) is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red with the national coat of arms charged in the center of the white stripe. The coat of arms has an eagle, holding a serpent in its beak and talon, is perched on top of a prickly pear cactus growing out of rocks in the middle of a lake. A wreath of oak and laurel tied with a ribbon in the national green-white-red colours is below the eagle. The flag's width to length ratio is 4:7
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