Dance in America/ Mardi Gras Still Life #1 was held at Brandywine in

was held at Brandywine in 1998

the results were beautiful and exciting

The poetry and songs of Cuba provide literary and philosophical ideas

Printed in deep purples and grays with sharp white lines

The printmaking process demanded she move beyond her characteristic restraint

Dance in America/ Mardi Gras Still Life #1 was held at Brandywine inFrom the Artist My earliest prints at Brandywine [Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia, in 1985] related to festivities such as Carnival (Brazil), Mardis Gras (New Orleans), Jonkonnu (Jamaica), and other Caribbean and American African based festivals, with their spectacular imagery and costumes. As in such festivals, my earlier prints were tinged with Eurocentric pageantry, costumes, and religions, although African ancestral imagery predominated. The