The Era of the Tongue and Lung 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches powered by the Brandywine Workshop

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She was in control of her image and enjoyed discovering new insights about texture

It is often said that my work has a strong multicultural feeling and connects especially well with people of color—Caribbean

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a traditional form of body marking rooted in his African heritage — and layers them onto a single surface

The Era of the Tongue and Lung 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches powered by the Brandywine WorkshopTheEra of the Tongueand Lung is inspired by Zora Neale Hurston's1938 essay, Art and Such. Moors use of the text is enhanced by repetition and the multiple layering of colors. installed in a grid or quilt like manner, the pattern, rhythm, and color transform a little known Hurston excerpt into a contemporary image rich in connotation. In her essay, Hurston used the phrase in reference to the era of Frederick Douglass, a period of sound and emotion,of