30” x 30” (3 panels)

Medium: Acrylic on canvas triptych

The girl is Sadie Pfeifer, a young girl working at a South Carolina cotton mill in 1908. The Lewis Hine photograph is a striking memory of our past. I imagined the dichotomy of prison and freedom. The boy reaches out for help amidst the crumbling walls and broken bars. His colorless world fades into the lush beauty of hope. The girl offers a rose, the unconditional love and hope of humanity, creating freedom as it grows.