Dance in America/ Folk Ritual 29 1/2 x 22 1/4 inches Both my ethnic and cultural

Both my ethnic and cultural backgrounds serve as a root source of my work

I have always been drawn to and fascinated with Mexican-Indian designs that were a part of everyday life—from the functional to spiritual

This "shield" series is the exploration of the figure/figures in water

— Brandywine Workshop and Archives records

Dance in America/ Folk Ritual 29 1/2 x 22 1/4 inches Both my ethnic and culturalFrom the Artist My earliest prints at Brandywine [Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia, in 1985] related to festivities such as Carnival (Brazil), Mardis Gras (New Orleans), Jonkonnu (Jamaica), and other Caribbean and American African based festivals, with their spectacular imagery and costumes. As in such festivals, my earlier prints were tinged with Eurocentric pageantry, costumes, and religions, although African ancestral imagery predominated. The