Hey Black Child - 11x14 Giclee Print/Reproduction

Description

"Hey Black Child
Do you know who you are,
Who you really are?
Do you know you can be
What you want to be
If you try to be
What you can be?"
(from "Hey Black Child" by Useni Eugene Perkins)

A poem remembered from my childhood gives birth to a new poem. They share an echoing refrain and a belief that with love and hard work all is possible.

"Hey, Black Child,
How you gonna do all that?
I’ll tell you – it’s that thing
Emptier than air and older than Africa,
Stronger than concrete and Kingdom Come –
That thing is love, Black Child.
Love can do any thing.
Just ask your momma."
(from "Stronger Than Concrete" by Elizabeth Barrette)

This print measures 11" X 14" and is signed on the reverse.

The art:
"Hey Black Child" is a mixed media (watercolor, gouache, and pastel) painting measuring 10 inches by 14 inches on 140 lb. Arches watercolor paper. This original artwork is copyright Nashay Antoinette Jones ©2009. Copyright is not transferable with the sale of this print. The buyer is not entitled to reproduction rights.

About the print:
Unless otherwise noted, my work is printed at a professional lab on watercolor paper using archival inks. Please contact me (via email or in a conversation) if you are interested in purchasing a print of a different size.

Added on Sep 12, 2009