Gorgeous HUGE GOLD Framed AFRICAN AMERICAN ART FoLLoWinG The PaTH Earl Jackson

  
Gorgeous well known art work "Following the Path" by Earl Jackson Professionally framed - - beautiful burnished gold frame - Black 2nd mat sets off artwork. Glass reflection on some of my photos. Ready to hang with professionally done hardware Extra large size makes a stunning statement in your home Print 27" x 38" (marked on back) Framed size 30" x 41 1/2" Excellent condition but for small opening on brown paper backing (see photo) From the "Contemporary Black Biography" re: Earl Jackson & this artwork: A crucial experience in the formation of Jackson's mature artistic personality was two trips he made to Africa in 1985 and 1988, first to Senegal and then to Kenya. After these voyages, Jackson's art was deepened by a layer of awareness of the way that many aspects of African-American life had their roots in African backgrounds. The culmination of this new awareness was "Following the Path, " a painting that took Jackson a year and a half to complete. The painting depicts a group of women and girls, several holding parasols, walking along a stone wall. Influenced by music, they seem to be reenacting some ancient practice or ritual. Rendered in pastels and composed of an unusual collection of geometric shapes (the curves of the women's dresses, the circles of the parasol tops, the long rectangles of the wall), "Following the Path" suggests both lightness and strength.