Celebration of Our Edges
Where do your identities and occupation put you in your society?
There are those among us who live on the edges of society because they are not welcomed into the center. Those who venture to the center alone are met with ridicule, abuse, and sometimes even death. As an artist, my job is to center and celebrate the voices that many of us do not get to hear from as we move through our small worlds.
This project celebrates the edges that are nearest and dearest to me and those I love. Each portrait in the series of a person who is transgender, a sex worker, or an outcast artist. Their images and stories are the gift that I want to share with you.
When we bring to the center those who have been journeying on the edges of our society to tell their stories, we become a richer and more whole society. These faces have lived and learned lessons that are the gold we’ve been looking for to transition to a more just and whole community.
48 x 30 inches (122 x 76 cm)
Oil on canvas, 2022
Exhibition History
2023 - Portraiture, The Gallery at the Library - Hermann Branch of Scenic Regional Library, Hermann, MO, USA