A Woman First

 Long ago I went to a Right to Choose march in Washington DC. I went with a friend and her young daughters. I was telling a makeup artist who occasionally worked at my studio about my upcoming trip.

This woman was an observant orthodox woman. She was inspired that I was going to Washington; she couldn't go because the march was on a Saturday. My surprise came when she told me she was decidedly Pro Choice. 

I was under the impression people of strong convictions would be quite the opposite. However, she explained: "I'm religious, and I'm looking forward to a large family. Chances are strong I'd never have an abortion or question God's will for me. But life isn't black and white. Life is all about the grey area. And though God and my belief is at the center of my existence, I'm a Woman First". 

A Woman First, 2024. 2-color 
RISO print. 10 x 10 inches.

Time Races Without Pause

A re-design of RDWB -- Ringing Doorbell While Black was accepted throughout the US in numerous exhibitions, and in surprising areas...who would have thought that a 2-color letterpress print about gun violence would be hanging in a university museum in Laramie, Wyoming or a gallery in Austin, Texas?