Umar of SegouFrom the Artist To see is to know. But how can we know the unseenthe histories, the stories, or the names of a people that were undocumented or erased? I asked myself that question late one evening as I looked at the sun setting behind the hills on the Bay of Portobelo on the Caribbean coast of Panama. The view from my studio faces the ruins of a dock that was, at one time, the first encounter with Tierra Firme for many weary, shackled, and enslaved

21 ¾ x 29 ½ inches

accessed 7-15-2021

installed in a grid or quilt-like manner

the dark matter that makes up the majority of the universe

I always receive meditative and peaceful feelings from them

or otherwise providing visual clues (rather than explicitly rendering everything)

" Three Decades of American Printmaking: The Brandywine Workshop Collection (Manchester

the results were beautiful and exciting

seeking to convey the complexity of any one site

as much as the message is significant

29 x 21 1/2 inches

the grain itself embodying many seasons of growth of a tree