From a Woman's Point of View ...
Featuring Artwork by Nationally Published Artist, Carla McConnell
  Completed in 2003 and published in 2006, “Woven Women” is our signature work. This hand-signed, open edition, large offset lithograph celebrates multicultural women, woven together, strong, and floating in a sea of warm blue. The original 32”x32’ (approx.) piece was executed entirely in colored pencil layers to the tune of approximately 8 months work with 100+ pencils - used up! . The original “Woven Women” was shown in an exhibition of Northwestern States, Colored Pencil Society of America sponsored artists at the Seattle Trade Center. This piece took the People’s Choice Award in the exhibition. We are extremely pleased with the quality of this reproduction. The colors are deep and accurate. The paper surface is wonderfully textured, heavy, and archival. Most open editions are not hand-signed by the artist. This one is, making it a collector’s item. The print is bordered by a poem at the bottom. The prose explains the work as seen by the artist/author. Since the artist’s signature is visible directly below the image, the print may be framed with or without the poem without compromising the integrity of the print. The poem is written in a beautiful hand:
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Woven
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are woven women Bound not by earth but time Sisters by our very being Before the things of man Ancient women, mothers, daughters Creative hands designed Textures laid from each new life Knotted to the next With ocean scents, our bodies merge In wisdom and in thought The knowledge of each other strong A warp of understanding |
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bruises form a colored web |
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