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Monday, November 19, 2018

Family

In solidarity with the parents who are trying to reunite with their children after being tricked or coerced into leaving their children behind when they were deported from the US.
Margay family separated by ice spikes
Margay family trapped on trees
In memory of Marco Antonio Muñoz, a Honduran father who was separated from his wife and 3-year-old son after crossing the United States-Mexico border to seek asylum.

Mr Muñoz became distraught after his son was ripped from his arms. Later, Muñoz was found dead in a Texas jail, reportedly by suicide.
Margay family trapped on trees
In support of the organizations that are working hard to reunite families, including:

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Sheltering Wings

Second in the "Reappropriations" series. This painting is a response to someone's fantasy painting of a white European-looking angel with a lion. The angel in this illustration has an outfit and coiffure inspired by Ovambo fashions.
An angel in the form of an Ovambo woman, with lions


The first in the series is Melody.

"What's wrong with painting European characters with lions? Weren't there lions in Europe in ancient times?"