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Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
In the spring of 2000, I dreamed of a yellow piece that spoke to me of the continual droughts that threaten so many places on our planet. Our fresh water is precious and limited. This is a worldwide problem that affects us all which is why the images represent four different continents. The original "Precious Water" was painted with dyes using six values of yellow, then quilted with over 200 different colors of thread.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
I dreamed I was standing at one end of a very large room. At the other end of the room was a huge orange portrait of an African boy. He seemed wise, innocent and mischievous all at the same time. As I walked toward him, I suddenly realized that there were images of many children floating over his face. Images that I couldn't see from the back of the room, children I could only see when I was willing to stand close to the child. The children were from all over the world and in many situations. They were laughing, playing, eating and working. There were also child prostitutes and even a child soldier was represented. The boy (whom I affectionately call Ernest) seemed to be telling me to pay attention to the children in our world, to speak for them and tell their stories, for they are the innocent ones, they are in peril in many places, and they have no voice.
Over the many months I worked on Innocence, I seemed to feel a closeness and compassion for these children. Many of them had come into my life at one time or another. Two of my kids and my niece are in this piece, along with some of their playmates.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Statement: Vultures are our friends and play an indispensable role in our ecosystems, despite their reputation as omens of doom. They are highly social, living in large flocks and showing no aggression. The critically endangered Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, native to Africa’s Sahel region, faces threats from poisoning by poachers and farmers. It holds the record as the highest-flying bird, soaring to over 37,000 feet, often staying aloft for more than seven hours a day. Thank you to Tim Stäter who allows me to use his photo as inspiration.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
Echoes of the past can "haunt" us in our lives making us stronger and more compassionate.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement: I created Ripple Effect as a recognition of the reality of what is happening in our country. I have placed the names of the 493 schools where shootings took place from 1998 to March 2004 (when I finished designing the quilt) in the background. There have been many more shootings since then. These shootings have an enormous Ripple Effect in our schools and communities. The active shooting drills are causing trauma among the students and teachers. How much longer must we allow this to continue? When will our children be more precious than our guns?
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist statement:
Where is the voice for African women/girls?
Where is the voice for African elephants?
Where is the compassion?
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist. The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
This piece was inspired by the wonderful Maori stories about New Zealand forest spirits
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement: Xebo is a Western Lowland Silverback gorilla who lives in the Barcelona Zoo. His species is native to the Congo Basin and is critically endangered. These gorillas are quiet, peaceful and nonaggressive animals threatened by disease and poaching. Thank you to Eduardo Cabral who allowed me to use his photo as inspiration.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
Wetlands have always intrigued me. When I went to the wetland areas near Charleston, SC in 2003, wonderful childhood memories rushed back into my mind. Playing in the swamps near my grandmother's farm in New Jersey, jumping from grass hump to grass hump so our boots wouldn't get sucked off our feet, hearing the frog songs and catching the salamanders and snakes.
But it was really the cypress "knees" that pushed me to make "Protection". They brought to mind little soldiers standing guard over our wetlands.
Throughout the world we are destroying wetlands with pollution, dams and development.
The wetlands protect us from floods, provide fish and wildlife habitat, control erosion, and protect our water quality and our shorelines. We must, at all cost, be the soldiers who stand at the edge of the waters and protect our wetlands.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist statement:
Global warming is now a reality. Glaciers are melting and breaking apart, floating to places further and further south. A whole ecosystem is in danger and ocean levels are rising quickly, threatening to submerge land everywhere on our planet.
I dreamed of this piece in red. Could it be because of the urgency of this situation?
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
This tree inspired me because it grew in extreme conditions. The canyons around it were dry and rocky. The natural desire to survive and endure over the years brings out the beauty and inner strength in all living beings.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Statement: While living in Burkina Faso, Mali and Benin, I befriended many Tuareg men who are traditionally nomads who roam the Sahara Desert carrying goods from North Africa to Sub-Saharan Africa. They make beautiful handicrafts from leather and steel.
So many hours we spent together laughing and drinking Tuareg tea!
The nickname “blue men” has been given to these proud men because they typically wear indigo blue turbans to protect themselves from the sun and the sand storms when they cross the desert on their camels. The indigo in the fabric rubs off on their skin and sometimes gives them a blue tint.
This is a whole cloth quilt, painted only with blue dye..
This quilt is a tribute to my Tuareg friends.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
Water is The Source of Life. We sing and dance to it, pray for it, and dream and write about it. Water quenches our thirst, grows our food, washes us, and gives us a means of play and relaxation. As our world becomes more crowded and our resources diminish, our water will become more cherished causing us to rethink our lifestyle.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement: In 2014 I dreamed this image in hot pink. My daughter Nadia was standing in a field looking directly at the viewer. She was wearing a business suit and she had a baby on her hip. As I approached her I could see that there were hundreds of quotes in the beautiful sky behind her.
I dye-painted the top in the winter of 2015 and started to quilt it, then in June 2015 I stopped because I was stuck. In July I decided to add the crows because crows mean change, are mystical, and are considered feminine. In September 2015 I had to stop working on Equality to work on another project and couldn't return to it until May 2018.
The United States changed considerably between 2014 when I dreamed Equality and 2018. In 2014, the hot pink color didn't make sense to me but it did make sense in 2018 with the women's movement and the #MeToo movement.
When I first dreamed this image, I thought it was about my daughter but as I was making it I realized that it was really about me, and my daughter, and my granddaughter, and my mother, my sister, my nieces, and all women who have fought for Equality for Women.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist statement:
Nayra is holding her baby daughter Enyonvi. Most babies stay close to their mothers until they stop nursing when they are about two years old. Attachment parenting is the norm in West Africa. The mother and baby sleep together, and the mother carries her baby on her back everywhere she goes. This makes the babies calmer and the bond between the two even stronger. If a mother becomes pregnant again before the baby is two, she will often pass the first baby onto one of her daughters during the day, but her baby will still sleep with her during the night.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist statement:
Bintou is braiding her friend’s hair. Braiding is a major part of women and girls’ culture in Africa. Women gather regularly to do each other’s hair—it is a time of laughter, gossip, and connection. Professional hair designers know how to make a fashion statement, but braiding is also an important part of ethnic identity. Fulani women tend to have one long braid with beads woven into it hanging down over the forehead. In Burkina Faso, cornrows are often braided differently in the villages from how they’re plaited in the cities.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist statement:
Adjua is selling textiles in her stall in the market. The African print fabrics are always sold in two-yard pieces, of which a woman will usually buy three at a time. One of the pieces will be used to make her a top, one piece will be worn around her waist as a skirt, and the third piece will be folded in half lengthwise and used as a second cloth to wear around her waist if she is married. Once the woman has a baby, the third cloth will be used to carry her baby on her back. The famous “Snugli” baby carrier was created by a volunteer in Togo, West Africa in 1968. She was struck by how peaceful the babies seemed because they were constantly carried on their mothers’ backs wrapped in the beautiful cloth.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement: During the last years I lived in Africa, I could see the ocean from my studio window. When I started noticing how many water related dreams and drawing ideas kept surfacing, I realized how living by the ocean for the first time was affecting my work. I became increasingly intrigued by the contrasts between the often rough and wild surface of the ocean and the beauty and serenity of the underwater world. I decided to make a series of underwater quilts to translate these feelings and emotions into my art.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist. The dimensions include a one inch white border.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
I have always thought that African-American women are the matriarchs of their families and communities. Everyone turns to them. They are also a powerful force in getting their communities to vote. I wanted to create a piece about this, but also to highlight the fact that African-American women did not receive the right to vote in all 50 states until 1965 when the Voting Rights Act was passed.
I met Phyllis at a rally in January 2020. It was at night, in the rain, and I was drawn to her. I explained that I wanted to create a piece and asked if she would be my model. Without hesitation she said “Yes!”. When I asked if she had a friend who would also model, she brought Loretta.
They both came to my studio and I photographed them. As I progressed on making the piece I sent them updated photos every day.
Phyllis told me that when she was 12 years old in 1962, she was one of 12 children asked to integrate into the Chapel Hill schools. She had the choice and she said yes. Ever since then, she said things like this have been happening to her, which is why she was enthusiastic to my request.
I later dreamed the name of the piece and actually got up and wrote it down. In the morning I had no recollection of the dream until I saw the paper with Sharing the Moment written on it.
This piece felt like a gift and a wonderful collaboration and I am so thankful I had the possibility to share this with them!
Even though Sharing the Moment was made in 2020 to celebrate the Centennial for the women's right to vote in America, it was actually only white women who could vote throughout the states in 1920. It wasn’t until the 1965 Voting Rights Act was passed that ALL women could vote. I feel this piece has even more significance nowadays as our rights are being eroded.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
In February 2002, I dreamed "Hope For our World". The dream was in purple and Archbishop Tutu was standing in a field. Children from all over the world were approaching him like he was a Pied Piper. The dream seemed to be speaking about World Peace and the Future of our Children. Desmond Tutu represented Hope.
In May of 2005 I was honored to have a meeting with Archbishop Tutu to discuss my dream.
"Hope For Our World" was finished April 16th and I sent an image of it to my daughter. Her response was:
"How ironic that the piece is finally done on a day like today where you can't help feel sad about the world we live in, a world where massacres like the one at Virginia Tech this morning still happen. It makes me think that this piece is there to remind us that even when we wonder what this world is coming to, when we think that there can't possibly be hope in a world with such tragedies, we are reminded of people like Desmond Tutu. People that will fight for peace and never give up... we realize that there still is hope after all."
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
Our daughter studied in Ecuador when she was in college. She volunteered to teach English in a small village in the Andes mountains. We visited her and went to that village where I photographed the children. I was so struck by how old the girls looked and the responsibility that is put upon them at such a young age that I created this piece in their honor. These girls are all under fifteen years of age. This piece is composed of four photographs I combined.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
Trained as a physical therapist in the Philippines and felt she had a gift in her hands. But she couldn't make a living in her home country so, as millions of other economic refugees, she left the Philippines.
She was unhappy on the cruise ship and poured her heart out to me.
That night I dreamed this piece in blue. Afterward we met every day and she talked about her aspirations and what was important to her and then gave me permission to create her story. Growing up in Manila, the ocean represented escape for her. From my point of view, the islands had always represented tropical flowers and beautiful beaches.
Karen made me see how economic refugees are the sacrificed ones who must leave their homes to support families.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist. The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
January 1, 1992, our family was invited to a New Year's celebration in Mali. The party took place on the sandy banks of the Niger River. Shelters to protect us from the sun were built out of straw and bamboo. About two hundred people came and celebrated the new year with music, dance, good food and lots of laughter. This grandfather was there with his granddaughter. He was so loving and gentle with her that I photographed him several times peeling an orange for her. This piece was inspired by my favorite of these photographs.
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Artist Statement:
Crows have long been considered magical. They are symbols of creation and spiritual strength. I saved a young crow in August 2013. After spending a day with me I was able to get him to a shelter. He was released about 6 weeks later, and then about 10 days after that a crow appeared in our yard. He is in our yard everyday watching. I'm convinced that he is the crow I saved. He is often with 1 or 2 other crows. Since then crows have started appearing in my dreams so I knew they needed to be in my work.
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Artist Statement:
As decades pass, the aged and gnarled trees observe many happenings. We don't think of them as keepers of secrets, but if one could talk, it would have many stories to tell. Just as people grow old and witness the history that is created around them, trees also are the guardians of untold secrets.
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The drawing of Forest Spirit was made while visiting Milford Sound in New Zealand. Milford Sound is in a rainforest which receives over 272 inches of rain/year. It is one of the wettest places in the world, very lush and beautiful with dozens of waterfalls cascading down the cliffs.
One of the bewildering things to me is the fact that there is very little wildlife in this compact forest. Even though I was told this, I "knew" there were beings hidden among the shadows created by the dense undergrowth and I drew this image while we were there. It is my idea of the forest spirits that I could almost feel peering out of the depths of the vegetation.
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The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
The joy of drinking fresh potable water directly from a faucet is still a luxury in many places throughout our world.
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The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
The Sahel is a region just south of the Sahara desert where trees are scarce. One type of tree that grows in this region is the baobab tree, also calledthe “tree of life” because it provides food, medicine, and shade for the people who live there. The Fulani are nomads and the women are considered to be the most beautiful in West Africa. I met the little girl in orange when I stayed a week in a village in northern Benin in 1996. I had gone there to draw with a friend of mine and this little girl was our constant companion. I chose to combine these images as atribute to the beauty that I discovered in this part of the world.
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The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement: The imagery in Exodus came to me in a dream I had in 2006. This was at the height of the exodus from Darfur and my white dream made sense to me because of the genocide happening in Sudan. In 2015 there are an estimated 150 million refugees and internationally displaced people worldwide, which is the highest number since WWII.
Regardless of how they arrive in a country and for what purpose, these people must be given a chance for a new life where they can live safely.
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The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement: Omar is pouring tea. The Tuaregs are a nomadic ethnic group that lives throughout West Africa. For many years, they were traders and traditionally carried goods across the Sahara Desert on their camels. They wear indigo-dyed turbans that stain their skin slightly blue, which has given them the nickname “Blue Men.”Tuaregs are also known for drinking a mixture of green and mint tea with lots of sugar. They pour it by holding their hand very high in the air to create a sort of foam in the glass. This is done three times, using the same tea and filling the pot with more water and sugar each time. Tuaregs always have their tea sets with them and it is a ritual throughout West Africa to drink tea in this manner.
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The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
I dreamed I was standing at one end of a very large room. At the other end of the room was a huge orange portrait of an African boy. He seemed wise, innocent and mischievous all at the same time. As I walked toward him, I suddenly realized that there were images of many children floating over his face. Images that I couldn't see from the back of the room, children I could only see when I was willing to stand close to the child. The children were from all over the world and in many situations. They were laughing, playing, eating and working. There were also child prostitutes and even a child soldier was represented. The boy (whom I affectionately call Ernest) seemed to be telling me to pay attention to the children in our world, to speak for them and tell their stories, for they are the innocent ones, they are in peril in many places, and they have no voice.
Over the many months I worked on Innocence, I seemed to feel a closeness and compassion for these children. Many of them had come into my life at one time or another. Two of my kids and my niece are in this piece, along with some of their playmates.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement: When I lived in Togo, West Africa, I learned about Mami Wata. One description of her is as having very fair skin and compelling eyes. Beautiful and seductive, protective yet dangerous, Mami Wata is celebrated throughout much of Africa. She and other related African water spirits all honor the essential sacred nature of water.
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The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement: Alzheimer’s disease changes its victims. They may resemble their older selves on the outside, but almost seem to fade away on the inside.
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The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
Trained as a physical therapist in the Philippines and felt she had a gift in her hands. But she couldn't make a living in her home country so, as millions of other economic refugees, she left the Philippines.
She was unhappy on the cruise ship and poured her heart out to me.
That night I dreamed this piece in blue. Afterward we met every day and she talked about her aspirations and what was important to her and then gave me permission to create her story. Growing up in Manila, the ocean represented escape for her. From my point of view, the islands had always represented tropical flowers and beautiful beaches.
Karen made me see how economic refugees are the sacrificed ones who must leave their homes to support families.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
Crows have long been considered magical. They are symbols of creation and spiritual strength. I saved a young crow in August 2013. After spending a day with me I was able to get him to a shelter. He was released about 6 weeks later, and then about 10 days after that a crow appeared in our yard. He is in our yard everyday watching. I'm convinced that he is the crow I saved. He is often with 1 or 2 other crows. Since then crows have started appearing in my dreams so I knew they needed to be in my work.
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The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
”In every drop of water, there is a story of life."
~ Leena Arif
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The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
There is a place, south of the Sahara desert, where faces seem to grow out of granite boulders..... These enormous faces were carved by an artist who thought they would look appropriate in the landscape. My husband was working on a project nearby, and he photographed children playing among these sculptures. The contrast between the innocent children and the huge faces captured me because it made me think of the fragility of a child against the force of mankind. I re-enforced the surreal effect by painting it in the monochromatic orange and then quilting it with realistic colored threads.
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The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
Jimmy Carter is a man whom I have admired for many years. He was the first president I was able to vote for back in 1976. Over the years he has proven to be an amazing activist and negotiator for peace and human rights throughout the world. Since artists get to make art that inspires and moves them, I chose to make a piece honoring Mr. Carter. Two of the drawings represent him as President Carter; the third one is when he received the Nobel Peace Prize. I hope I will have the chance to meet him one day.
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The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
“Captured” is about women. What a woman portrays on the outside doesn’t always reveal what is on the inside.
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The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
The joy of drinking fresh potable water directly from a faucet is still a luxury in many places throughout our world
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
"When I want to ground myself, I walk in the forest where I can be surrounded by trees."
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The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
Our daughter studied in Ecuador when she was in college. She volunteered to teach English in a small village in the Andes mountains. We visited her and went to that village where I photographed the children. I was so struck by how old the girls looked and the responsibility that is put upon them at such a young age that I created this piece in their honor. These girls are all under fifteen years of age. This piece is composed of four photographs I combined.
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The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
I was approached by the art initiative called "Through Her Eyes" to create a piece of art work to benefit the organization Women for Women International. Today in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), people are still struggling amidst one of the deadliest wars in all history. Millions have died and new conflicts threaten peace every day.
Perhaps worse than the loss of life is the staggering number of human rights violations, torture, mutilation and sexual violence that has occurred against tens of thousands of women and children.
This woman seems to be saying Enough! to the turmoil surrounding her. Organizations like Women for Women International are helping some of these women in their struggle toward recovery and rehabilitation.
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The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
The joy of drinking fresh potable water directly from a faucet is still a luxury in many places throughout our world.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
When I lived in Togo, West Africa I learned about Mami Wata. One description of her is as having very fair skin and compelling eyes. Beautiful and seductive, protective yet dangerous, Mami Wata is celebrated throughout much of Africa. She and other related African water spirits all honor the essential sacred nature of water.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement: Since they have always been at the center of community life, women are natural organizers. Justice, equity, and freedoms have been transformed by the collective effort of many women. This piece is a tribute to Stacey Abrams and all women organizers for their undaunted efforts to protect voting rights in America.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
Trained as a physical therapist in the Philippines and felt she had a gift in her hands. But she couldn't make a living in her home country so, as millions of other economic refugees, she left the Philippines.
She was unhappy on the cruise ship and poured her heart out to me.
That night I dreamed this piece in blue. Afterward we met every day and she talked about her aspirations and what was important to her and then gave me permission to create her story. Growing up in Manila, the ocean represented escape for her. From my point of view, the islands had always represented tropical flowers and beautiful beaches.
Karen made me see how economic refugees are the sacrificed ones who must leave their homes to support families.
Limited Edition Prints:
Limited edition of 200 fine art giclée prints printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist. Dimensions include a 1.5-inch white border.
34 x 26 inches
Artist Statement:
Many humanitarian organizations are turning to women to help develop projects to build a stronger Africa. The women are dependable, enthusiastic and hard-working. This quilt was made from a photograph my husband took at a training program he and his organization set up to teach women about running their own businesses. These women are an inspiration to me .
Limited edition of 200 fine art giclée prints printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist. Dimensions include a 1.5-inch white border.
30 x 37 inches
Artist Statement:
Blue Men is the nickname given to the nomadic Tuaregs who roam the Sahara desert on their camels. They wear indigo blue turbans which gives their skin a blue tint. This piece is a tribute to the many Tuareg men I befriended while living in Africa.
Limited edition of 200 fine art giclée prints printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist. Dimensions include a 1.5-inch white border.
26 x 37 inches
Artist Statement:
As decades pass, the aged and gnarled trees observe many happenings. We don't think of them as keepers of secrets, but if one could talk, it would have many stories to tell. Just as people grow old and witness the history that is created around them, trees also are the guardians of untold secrets.
Limited edition of 200 fine art giclée prints printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist. Dimensions include a 1.5-inch white border.
37 x 14 inches
Artist Statement:
Trees are like people. If they grow up in more difficult situations, they become stronger and have character. This is a whole cloth quilt painted with only grey dye.The color throughout comes from the fluorescent threads in the quilting.
Limited edition of 200 fine art giclée prints printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist. Dimensions include a 1.5-inch white border.
17 x 35 inches
Artist Statement:
Our daughter studied in Ecuador for five months last year. She volunteered to teach English in a small village in the Andes mountains. We visited her and went to that village where I photographed the children. I was so struck by how old the girls looked and the responsibility that is put upon them at such a young age that I created this piece in their honor. These girls are all under fifteen years of age. This piece is composed of four photographs I combined.
Limited edition of 200 fine art giclée prints printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist. Dimensions include a 1.5-inch white border.
29 x 35 inches
Artist Statement:
January 1, 1992, our family was invited to a New Year's celebration in Mali. The party took place on the sandy banks of the Niger River. Shelters to protect us from the sun were built out of straw and bamboo. About two hundred people came and celebrated the new year with music, dance, good food and lots of laughter. This grandfather was there with his granddaughter. He was so loving and gentle with her that I photographed him several times peeling an orange for her. This piece was inspired by my favorite of these photographs.
Limited edition of 200 fine art giclée prints printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist. Dimensions include a 1.5-inch white border.
28 x 36 inches
Artist Statement:
Fatima's son, cradled in his mother's arms, seemed more pensive than usual on this Sunday morning while we were chatting at their home in Bamako, Mali.
Limited edition of 200 fine art giclée prints printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist. Dimensions include a 1.5-inch white border.
37 x 29 inches
Artist Statement:
African babies are never separated from their mothers, which creates a powerful bond that lasts throughout their lives.
Before moving to Africa, I had never thought about having children of my own. Our first child was born in a bush hospital in Agou-Nyogbo, Togo. She was delivered by African midwives by the light of a kerosene lamp. This experience and raising our three children in West Africa has had a profound impact on my being a mother.
I was pregnant with our first child when I photographed this young mother feeding her baby in a market in Burkina Faso.
Limited edition of 200 fine art giclée prints printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist. Dimensions include a 1.5-inch white border.
31 x 24 inches
Artist Statement:
The Sahel is a region just south of the Sahara desert where trees are scarce. One type of tree that grows in this region is the baobab tree, also calledthe “tree of life” because it provides food, medicine, and shade for the people who live there. The Fulani are nomads and the women are considered to be the most beautiful in West Africa. I met the little girl in orange when I stayed a week in a village in northern Benin in 1996. I had gone there to draw with a friend of mine and this little girl was our constant companion. I chose to combine these images as atribute to the beauty that I discovered in this part of the world.
Limited edition of 200 fine art giclee prints printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist. Dimensions include a 1.5-inch white border
23 x 20 inches
Artist Statement:
“Captured” is about women. What a woman portrays on the outside doesn’t always reveal what is on the inside.
Unlimited edition fine art giclée print printed on acid-free, museum-quality archival paper using the finest archival inks. Each print is signed and dated by the artist.
The dimensions include a one inch white border.
Artist Statement:
African-American women could not legally vote in every state until The Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965. They are a force to be reckoned within their communities across America. These women are now bringing whole neighborhoods to the polls to vote with them.