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Peace Portrait Three: Wangari Maathai
16 x 20 inches
Hand-stitched cotton thread on canvas
$5000
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Wangari Maathai in 2004 for human rights and environmental conservation work accomplished by the Green Belt Movement, an organization she founded.
"I believe the Nobel committee was sending a message that protecting and restoring the environment contributes to peace;it is peace work. I always felt that our work was not simply about planting trees. It was about inspiring people to take charge of their environment, the system that governed them, their lives and their future." - Wangari Maathai
A portion of the dollars from the sale of this piece will be donated to the Green Belt Movement.
www.greenbeltmovement.org
Based, in part, on a photograph by Martin Rowe. |
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Peace Portrait Two: Martin Luther King Jr.
8 x 8 inches
Hand-stitched cotton thread on canvas
$2500
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1964. The Nobel Committee's award presentation stated, "He is the first person in the Western world to have shown us that a struggle can be waged without violence. He is the first to make the message of brotherly love a reality in the course of his struggle, and he has brought this message to all men, to all nations and races."
A portion of the dollars from the sale of this piece will be donated to The King Center, a non-profit organization founded by Coretta Scott King to educate the world about Dr. King's philosophy of nonviolence.
www.thekingcenter.org
Based, in part, on a photograph by Esquerda Abaixo.
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Peace Portrait One: Bob Marley
2008, 20 x 16 inches
Hand-stitched cotton thread on canvas
$8000
The United Nations' Peace Medal of the Third World was given to Bob Marley (1945-1981) in 1978. The late singer and songwriter earned this distinction for his courageous work appealing for justice and peace during a time of political unrest in Jamaica, his home country. His influence grew world-wide as he continued to speak out about and sing a message of world unity and racial equality.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this piece will be donated to a non-profit organization working for peace.
Based, in part, on a photograph by Kate Simon.
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