The Flag

PORTRAIT REVEAL Series

The images in  The Flag  originated as interpretations

of the Jasper Johns mid-twentieth century paintings

of the American Flag.

They are counterpoint to the intent of its true colors:

Red - hardiness and valor;  White - purity and innocence;

Blue - vigilance, perseverance, and justice.

Painted on the body, it becomes part of who we are.

Tattered, threadbare, faded, torn.

We are the flag.

Representing iconic symbols of the Nation,

the women in this ensemble

address the spiritual demise of what had been

steadfast assurances of a democracy.

Imperfect as those could be,

they had been the Nation’s benchmarks.

These images are American.

They express what we have witnessed and experienced

in the course of being American.