Title: Si Se Puede, Yes You Can
Medium: Oil; 22kt gold, sterling silver and copper
metal leaf; wax; antique 24kt. Gold glazed tile mosaic;
semi-precious stones on vintage Ponderosa Pine wood panel
reclaimed from a 1904 wood mill and formed by an artisan wood
worker into a single panel.
Dimensions: 18" wide x 24" tall
Image Inspiration: Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta are the co-founders of the United Farm Workers UFW. I grew up during the era of the Lettuce and Grape boycotts that Chavez and Huerta organized. The bravery of these two people to work for justice is an inspiration. I show them standing side by side as equals, balancing the world between them. Red veins travel like roots of a plant around the grapes and lettuce and into the space surrounding our spinning planet. The UFW United Farmworkers symbol is behind them (the symbol was drawn by Chavez's brother). They are backed by a halo/sun embellished with drawings of floral vines etched out of the metal leaf. Their rallying cry of Si Se Puede (yes you can) floats above them.
Unfortunately, Cesar Chavez has passed on. We are lucky that Dolores Huerta is alive and continues her humanitarian political activities. To learn more about Dolores Huerta www.doloreshuerta.org
