Glass Ceilings Were Made to be Broken

Original Artwork

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Acrylic Paint on canvas 

Words from the Artist: 

“NOW WE REMEMBER THE PAINT SUPPLIES, THE CAN AND THE PAINTBRUSH ARE SYMBOLIC FOR THE TOOLS WE POSSESS TO CREATE OUR OWN DESTINY RIGHT? RIGHT. WITH A DETERMINED LOOK ON HER FACE THIS GIRL TAKES EVERY STEP TOWARDS HER HIGHER CALLING. LEAVING BEHIND A FIERY PATH AS SHE BRACES TO SHATTER THAT GLASS CEILING OTHERS TOLD HER SHE NEVER WOULD.

MY INSPIRATION FOR THIS PIECE IS THE STORY OF RUBY BRIDGES, THE STORY OF A YOUNG GIRL WHO WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO BE THE FIRST BLACK STUDENT TO GAIN AN EDUCATION IN AN ALL WHITE SCHOOL LOCATED IN LOUISIANA IN 1960.”

Is there a time you’ve been told you can’t accomplish something because of what you look like or where you come from?