With Child PetieParker The shape of the spine

The shape of the spine resembles the postur of the floating boy and is a foreshadowing of things to come

- 50 Signed and Numbered by Petie Parker

surrounded by buyers who viewed her pregnancy as added value

but still part of the music

Wax Crayon On Canvas

With Child PetieParker The shape of the spineAA pregnant enslaved woman on the auction block, surrounded by buyers who viewed her pregnancy as added value. Enslaved women were routinely sold while pregnant because the unborn child increased the profit. One body guaranteeing another. I painted her rough, uneven, and broken on purpose, because thats how she was treated: handled, examined, and talked about like livestock. The slavers around her are rendered smoother and cleaner, because in that