Breath

I created this artwork during my home art / quarantine due the pandemic. Here are a few factors that inspired me to create this piece.
1. CDC guideline mentioned people should stay home who have lung diseases such as asthma and my age.
2. I missed to see cherry blossom tidal basin visit in DC before stay home order. I have so much fear
3. I thought of Anges Pelton, spirituality female painter from 1881 - 1961 and the theology color chart that she used in her time. As I used same color chart to follow spirituality color.
4. I want to have a painting to hang up at my studio- as a reminder that I can get strength in inner core to have deaf identity to carry on with our walking of path in our life. Be grateful with our earth, take care of earth and ourselves.

Ellen Mansfield

She/Her/Hers

Breath

2020

Watercolor and ink on paper

A bald woman figure showed calmly mediated..her lung filled with flowers in the sky.
And breath out...the back of her body are tree wings.
The sign is the core.
As center for peace at the moment.

The RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center retained rights from artists or next of kin on July 27, 2020