HerStory250

Crosswalk5 hand-colored linocut print, soft pastel 15 x 17 In the span of a lifetime, one can only imagine, with the help of learned history, the span of 250 years. The submission here is a moment in one woman’s lifetime, a fraction of that history. The image is in the intimate moment of the street protest. The woman’s perspective is a response to what is seen or heard on the street. Printmaking is also an intimate medium- a transference from a block or plate to paper and a transference of feelings into images, whether etched, carved in linoleum, or glued in collagraph. The joy of printmaking of original hand-pulled prints is that of the partially controlled and partly surprising result once run through the press. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

In Full Recognition No. 3 18 x 18 acrylic on paper This triptych uses the monoprint process to explore the delicate boundary between being seen and being forgotten. Inherently, a monoprint is a singular, unrepeatable ghost of an image—a fitting metaphor for the unique yet often marginalized lives of women throughout our nation’s history, particularly women of color in our national narrative. The fading image of the woman in resplendent headdress (In Full Recognition No. 1) represents the systemic invisibility and erasure that have long sought to diminish her power. As the image recedes over the second and third prints in the series (in Full Recognition No. 2 and No. 3), it also demands a more intentional gaze and prompts feelings of grasping to fully memorialize her before she is gone. What remains when a collective voice is suppressed? What reclaimed when we center HerStory? This triptych does not simply mourn collective loss for what could have been but aims to transform that loss into an empowered future where every woman is fully recognized and heard. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

Heather Cox Richardson 14 x 11 akua ink on BFK rives I listen to Heather Cox Richardson every day since the POTUS took office in 2025. She is a well- educated historian and keeps me in a calmer perspective of the constant inundation of bad news. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

They Went in Anyway 22 x 30 mixed media This drawing honors the eleven young women of the group known as The Norfolk 17. These were Black students who, in February 1959, integrated six previously all-white public schools in Norfolk, Virginia, after months of school closures enforced under the state’s policy of “Massive Resistance.” In defiance of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, Virginia chose to deny education rather than desegregate. The students depicted are: Top row: Johnnie Rouse, Patricia Turner, Carol Wellington, Olivia Driver, Lolita Portis Middle row: Delores Johnson, LaVera Forbes, Geraldine Talley Bottom row: Betty Jean Reed, Claudia nh Wellington, Patricia Godbolt Out of 151 Black applicants subjected to deliberately discriminatory testing and interviews, only seventeen were admitted. The majority were girls. Supported by churches and the NAACP, these young women entered schools where they faced daily threats, spitting, physical assaults, and profound isolation. Yet they persisted, understanding that their presence carried consequences far beyond their own lives. Rather than depicting spectacle or confrontation, this work focuses on their composure, dignity, and collective strength. Their courage forced the reopening of Norfolk’s public schools and contributed to the nation’s ongoing struggle toward educational equity. These young women were not only students—they were agents of change, embodying the civic power of “Her Story” Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

Mary Fields 24 x 14 x 13 plaster cast with applied patinas. Mary Fields is a historic figure, and emblematic of little known history of our black citizens. I worked from pictures and text about her, and modeling an image that shows her strength and determination. She was a slave and eventually freed. Mary worked for a Catholic convent, owned a restaurant, ran a laundry, and became the first women to be a US mail carrier. She was 6 foot tall , cigar smoking, gun toting and nobody messed with Mary - a true pioneer. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

Artemis Reading Greek/CCL Seeking Democracy 26 x 21 pastel I'm always compelled by the many meanings in the way people present themselves. The book was actually a Greek text so the cloak might well have been Artemis' lion skin. But hunting, seeking what in 21st c. America 250 years after our founding? Justice, Equity, Democracy. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

Mindful of the Next 7 Generations 18 x 12 photograph on wrapped canvas Photographed where Frederick Franck's installation stands on a hill overlooking Boulder Hot Springs, Montana, this sculpture — dedicated to the Great Law of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy — creates a meditation on intergenerational responsibility. Its nested silhouettes progress from light to shadow, each generation emerging from and containing the next. For HerStory250, it speaks to the women who carried forward the unfinished promise of the founding ideals, and to those who will carry it further still — generation into generation, into the smallest and most distant future. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

Hadson Valley 22 x 26 oil on canvas This painting depicts Clermont Manor set within a landscape that captures the natural essence of the Hudson River Valley with its slow-moving waters and the unhurried rhythm of life in Upstate New York. The Clermont mansion is a historic site; Robert R. Livingston, a member of the Committee of Five appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence, resided on this estate. In this painting, I portray an idyllic union of human endeavor and nature. To this day, this mansion stands as a symbolic emblem of our conflicting aspirations, our desire for beauty and harmony with the natural world, alongside our attempts, whether intentional or inadvertent, to subjugate nature through the landscapes we have shaped. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

Attention 23 x 19 photos, colored paper and text on paper I see a world changing and not for the better. We are losing so many of the rights that we have fought so hard to achieve. There is so much more lack of respect for differences, hatred and gun violence today. And I'm so sad for our children and grandchildren to grow up in this environment. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

Armored Silence 15 x 12 mixed media on handmade paper (artist-made from personal notes), glass, metal In Armored Silence, the central figure meets the viewer's gaze through dark lenses, her form layered with fractured glass, metallic edges, and textural depth. The work is created on paper the artist formed from torn personal notes: pulped, reconstituted, and shaped into a textured sheet using traditional paper-making techniques. This surface, infused with traces of private thought, becomes the ground for embedded fragments and hand-applied details. She echoes Alice Paul, suffragist, strategist, and architect of the 19th Amendment who stood at the White House gates for eighteen months in deliberate, weaponized silence, her stillness a gendered political performance against the systemic oppression of disenfranchisement. Due South Magazine Paul was arrested, imprisoned, and force-fed during hunger strikes. She endured all of it without surrender. This figure carries that same armored quiet. The composition reflects the eternal tension between self-protection and exposure, the moonlike orb and scattered shards suggesting inner landscapes in flux, a moment suspended between decision and action. She is not hiding behind the glass. She is forged from it. For 250 years, women have known that sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is meet the world's gaze and let your presence speak louder than any words could. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.    

Spiridoula 8 x 10 photograph I was on a photo shoot in a rural town when I walked into a small restaurant. Passing the kitchen doorway, I saw a woman carefully peeling a bucket of potatoes. It was a humbling sight that instantly reminded me of Sunday dinners at my grandmother’s house. I asked her name, and she told me it was Spiridoula. When I asked to take her photo, she graciously welcomed me to do so. It was a very tender moment that connected me to a woman who rarely gets attention as she works in the back kitchen. It made me mindful of the importance of taking time to recognize these hidden figures, rather than overlooking their behind-the-scenes contributions, no matter how small they may seem. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.