Woman Child
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16 x 24 in
(40.64 x 60.96 cm)
- $400
- Maureen Shaughnessy
Matted and Framed with custom ebonized maple wood frame. Signed, numbered edition of 5 printed with archival ink on 100% cotton rag 300# Hannemuhle paper.
Comes with artist statement about this piece:
WOMAN-CHILD
I work with a young woman who has grown up too soon. She is caged by labels: her own, her family’s, society’s. A woman still a child, neither here nor there yet mothering a child. A girl who hasn’t crossed the bridge—the luminal place suspended between back-when and what’s-next. She clutches at her past as if falling from it would kill her, yet the thing she clings to, is just the nearest shore.
She stands at a bridge of stone and wood and air: that dangerous space between times. Her life will move on, like the river below. Or stand still watching, waiting. Always waiting.
Stone: my caring rests like pebbles on my tongue, a hard reminder always rolling between thoughts, that stones can break my teeth, sink heavy in my heart. Or stones can build foundations: for bridges, shelter, justice, schools.
Wood: I can open the cage door, try to draw her out. I can point to the other shore -- the gated arch, an open hand, her future. I cannot protect her from uncertainty and pain. There are no guarantees.
Air: I will remind her to breathe. I will teach her to dance. I will not carry her across in my cupped hands, but build for her some wings.
- Framed: 24 x 36 in (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
- Collections: A Featured Window Artist