Ashley Cecil

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8″ x 10″ oil on canvas
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I’m always surprised to see how people respond to each of my artworks. Evidently, I’m not very good at estimating which of my paintings will be favorites. This sketch got great reviews and one of my clients asked to buy it, even though I don’t typically sell drawings out of my personal sketchbook. Then I got an email asking if I would make a painting of the image, and voila!

The request for this painting came from a friend, Jardana Peacock, who has been good news for me since day one. Jardana contacted me months ago to ask if I would submit a few paintings for a civil rights focused art exhibit in Lexington, Kentucky sponsored by Open Ground. Not only do I love that she follows my work and emails me about events of interest for my blog, I’m also inspired by her professional commitment to activism. Jardana is a graduate student in the Pan-African studies program at the University of Louisville, and a graduate assistant for the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research.

Louisville is proud to claim Anne Braden as a resident since she was a pioneer in white leadership during and after the civil rights movement. The research institute named in her honor is an asset to this community in continuing Braden’s work of advocating for social justice (the institute’s next event will be to host a lecture given by NAACP chairman, Julian Bond, on April 4th).

Jardana was especially drawn to Braden’s work, evident in her confession that, “I am an activist because of Anne, I moved to Louisville because of Anne. I know that one person makes a difference because one life affects one which then affects others… Anne Braden said, “Part of the direction your life goes in is simply an accident of whom you meet at a certain time.” (taken from Anne Braden’s biography, Subversive Southerner by Cate Fosl).” Ashley is one of the MANY beautiful/conscious-building/revolutionaries I have met in Louisville and for this I am forever changed.”

Thank you so much Jardana! I hope you enjoy the painting.

8\" x 10\" oil on canvas SOLD See all artwork available for sale. I\'m always surprised to see how people respond to each of my artworks. Evidently, I\'m not very good at estimating which of my paintings will be favorites. This sketch got great reviews and one of my clients asked to buy it, even ...