With Child PetieParker But this piece isn’t about

But this piece isn’t about escape—it’s about resonance

- 50 Signed and Numbered by Petie Parker

symbolizing the unseen forces that guide the journey

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

AA pregnant enslaved woman on the auction block

With Child PetieParker But this piece isn’t aboutAA 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