MOTHER NATURE
Why u Wanna
Oil on Canvas
20 x 14 in
2020
KERRY'S NOTES: ‘The lyrics of Ms. Nina Simone song Blackbird inspired my painting Why u Wanna . The song Blackbird is a metaphor for the systemic oppression experienced by Black women in America. The blackbird sits perched on a leafless branch & is unable to fly. It is weighed down by the burden of sadness & pain inflicted by a life lived in a system of daily oppression.’
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