In Memoriam
charcoal, ink, watercolor on paper
25 x 25
framed size: 36 x 36
In Memoriam by Linda McCune is a somber even ghostly image of lilies of remembrance for an unnamed, contributing multitude of women who are not famous in the sense that we know their names or faces, laude their achievements, and record much of their lives. In the 250 years that we are celebrating this year, an estimated 235 million women have been born in this country, based on this number of years 250 have been selected by USA Today and categorized by founders, suffragist and reformers, trailblazers and leaders, and of modern era importance. Indeed, these should be highly regarded an acknowledged. However, my mind wandered to the scant history of my mother, grandmothers, great grandmothers multiplied by thousands of women, each with an importance unrecognized in this celebrated public way. As the movement in my drawing suggests, they amazingly pushed women’s collective history forward daily as an unseen force amidst much gender bias and I wanted to acknowledge their lives as if I had taken this bouquet to each funeral.
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