Justice, Freedom & Tolerance

24 x 24 inches, 2019, Mixed Media

The Liberty Series: A group of images I photographed from below deck on a sail boat through a porthole during a violent rain storm and the rainbows afterwards in New York Harbor. These digital images were shot with a Canon point and shot.

Archival pigment print- Statue of Liberty-a beacon of hope, on handmade Sarvisberry Paper, embedded in woven strips of birch, banana, iris, lily, cattail, palm, and canna fibers with eco-print of maple leaves-tolerance, and vessel -the journey, made with walnut dyed Banana & cattail fibers; Symbolic image and objects: walnut-wisdom, iris-message, , cattail-peace; feathers-spiritual elevation to a higher plane; guinea-not all is black and white, white coral- diplomacy, brings peace; oyster shell-awaken from ignorance, wealth, wisdom, beauty, humility, conch sack- power, vulnerable, fertility , Iris pod-message, poppy pod-life and death, fern pod-energy, magic, Eco-print of Maple Leaves-tolerance, printed on handmade paper, all waxe