The ASL Flag

Description

Framed original painting on canvas, by Betty G. Miller, signed "Betty G. Miller." 1991. Acrylic paint with mixed media (stickers, eyes, etc.). This is a diptych, with two separate canvases creating one image. Each canvas is 23” w x 28” h. At home, we normally hang them on slightly different levels to enhance the feeling of a waving flag.

This painting was on loan for several years to the National Association of the Deaf Law Center, and was exhibited in Betty's Sept-Nov 2008 NTID Dyer Show. This painting will also be in the 2010 calendar available at Cafepress later this year.

This is one of a series of paintings Betty did featuring the American flag. For this one, Betty rewrote the words to our national anthem, the "Star-Spangled Banner," to show both the beauty of ASL, and the oppression deaf people still face:

"Oh can’t you seeee.... by dawn’s early light/what proudly.... we Deaf wave at visual beauty/ we see in sign language burst in air.../ no matter people hearing stare.../ show proof that... Deaf and ASL still here... oh why Deaf people opressed? over the land of the free.... and the home of the brave...??"

THIS PAINTING IS NOW ON T-SHIRTS AND OTHER PRODUCTS IN OUR CAFEPRESS STORE:
http://www.cafepress.com/purpleswirlarts/201559

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FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PAINTING, SEE MY BLOG POST AT:
http://purpleswirlarts.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/the-asl-flag-by-betty-g-miller/

Added on Nov 22, 2009