As a woman and as a woman business owner, it would be remiss for me not to acknowledge all the freedoms I have today that are a direct result of RBG’s impact. (The ability to have a credit card in my own name and the ability to lease a place, just to name two.)

The profound and tangible impact of pioneering women was the theme of a body of work I created by in the fall of 2020.

I finished each piece in this collection after the passing of RBG. I used my final brushstrokes as a way to say goodbye and as a way to honor her legacy and the known and unknown impact of all the courageous women who have paved the way for me.

The final brushstrokes in each piece were red, symbolizing the mess, the chaos, and the layers of injustice these women had to confront and see through to a more beautiful world.

The empty space in each piece is an invitation to breathe and thoughtfully consider where it is that we, as humanity, want to go from here. There is no neutral bystander on the road ahead. The “torch” as been passed to each of us and we must decide how we will fill our role.

View the full collection and learn more about how it came to be here:
https://jessicawachter.com/blog/paintings-for-the-future