The disenfranchisement of people with felony convictions disproportionately affects people of color. Who does it serve? What do they fear? Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely. It is the fear of losing absolute power that corrupts.
Individual paintings, clockwise from top left:
Mandela votes in 1994
18” x 24”
Price: $900
Nelson Mandela cast his vote in 1994, four years after serving 27 years in prison. He is then elected President of South Africa. An inspirational and historic event that marked a turning point. The quote on the ballot is Mandela's own words.
Tethered Freedoms
16” x 20”
Price: $400
Home of the Free? After serving prison terms in the United States, many returning citizens suffer ongoing limitations (both structural and systemic) that diminish, dismiss, or disregard them as citizens despite their rehabilitative endeavors. These impediments act as invisible shackles on life that discourage reintegration and inhibit the fulfillment of obligations to that same system.
Anonymous Tyranny
18” x 24”
Price: $900
The politics of the United States are subjugated and dominated by big money "special" interests. The depth of that control is cloaked by ambiguity. When the ability to cast a vote is hampered...who benefits? The Taíno symbol for the sun behind the individual offers illumination into behavior. As the button on the lapel states, "I" voted, it implies, “no one else's vote matters” while he burns a ballot.
Hope's Peril
16” x 20”
Price: $350
The enduring gift from Pandora's Box seems to be appropriate here. Hope manifesting as a butterfly, emblematic of a fundamental change of heart and mind in the midst of challenging circumstances. A change that shifts human consciousness. Yet there are elements that will resist change. We are all aware of the self-serving serpentine dangers of unchecked power. Even more dangerous are its spectral counterparts.
