Art Saves Lives

Original Artwork

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Acrylic Paint on canvas 

As she sits on a red white and navy blue paint can, hoisting herself up into the brighter parts of the canvas. The girl with two thick braids reaches up with her right hand covered in sunshine stickers. We watch as she paints a message that exclaims the astounding power of art. The navy blue background, a viel coming down revealing a bright fiery setting. The girl is dressed in a striped t shirt, symbolic of a weight that rests on the shoulders of those directly impacted by the mass incarceration system in the United States. This composition speaks to the power art has to lift even the marginalized high enough to feel the light.