Title: Mommy and Me

Artist: Shawnique Holland and her son

Medium: Painting

Date: 2007

Words from the Artist: My son and myself created this painting in 2007 during a time I was going through a Domestic Violence situation with his father. I knew art was a release for my son and myself. I also knew from that point on I didn’t want to expose my son to that type of violence. I found art as a release and happiness, with the brush strokes my then young son being creative and blocking out all the negative and trying to find love within myself and love for my son. It was a hard time and I never really shared that until now.