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Tye Johnson
Artist
Stop and Smell the Roses: miss(ed) America... (2017)
mixed media on wood and canvas (acrylic, paper, charcoal, felt, soft pastels)
Artist Statement
Miss(ed) America is the 2nd installment of the Stop and Smell the Roses series. It speaks to the Black and Brown women who have shaped this country, but whose efforts, sacrifices, and oftentimes, beauty, still remain invisible. Like the 1st installment, paintings were named after words in the following poem.
Part II:
hope
perseverance
strength
all needed in these times
a fighter
a dreamer
a believer
a carrier
of precious jewels
a warrior
royalty
treasured.
Stop and smell the roses...
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