HER HEART'S STRENGTH (RBP.HHS)

“The memory of a forced removal from a home is never elusive. It is etched in the mind of the removed and in the hearts of their descendants...but the etched heart is often stronger.”

18" x 24" image
Limited Edition Print

This painting won the Trail of Tears Award at the Cherokee National Museum, 1990. I wanted to focus on the individual strength of this woman on the Trail of Tears — my message is that your home can be taken away but the heart of the strong cannot...through pain, discrimination and persecution, the strong heart actually becomes stronger and the spirit of the persecuted can never be won.
(Depicted in Native American Wisdom, published by Barnes & Noble)