Dawn Williams Boyd
CLOTH PAINTINGS SERIES: The Sins of the Fathers
The Sins of the Fathers series includes cloth paintings, acrylic paintings on canvas and plywood (available on this site under Acrylic Paintings). There are over 20 pieces in this series currently. It discusses incidences of racial violence against Black American citizens here in the United States - from the 400 year long horror of the slave trade through the mob brutality and lynching 'picnics' of Reconstruction; from the Civil Rights Movements of the 1960's to the dawn of the 21st century where world citizensall across the globe march in the streets to protest the relentless spilling of the blood of innocent Black Americans.
(c) Dawn A. Williams Boyd These Bones: Atlanta, GA 2004
These Bones: Atlanta, GA 1979
2004
86 x 61 inches
Assorted fabrics, cotton floss, polyester net, lace, buttons, ribbon, bias tape. Appliqued by machine; quilted, embroidered and embellished by hand.
Waiting for Medgar: Jackson, MS 1963
2004
80 x 56.5 inches
Cotton fabrics and floss, bugle beads, sequins.
Pieced by machine; appliqued, embroidered and embellished by hand.
Peaches and Evangeline: Bibbs County, FL 1942
2004
72 x 53.5 inches
Cotton fabrics and embroidery floss, polyester ribbon.
Pieced and appliqued by machine; embroidered, embellished and quilted by hand.
Mammy's Revenge: Broken Promises 2014
59 x 48 inches
Assorted fabrics, braided rope, cowrie shell, button.
Appliqued by machine; embroidered, embellished and quilted by hand
Six Feet of Water: Evangeline, LA 1927
2016
70 x 70 inches
Assorted fabrics and laces, cotton embroidery floss and buttons.
Appliqued by machine; embroidered and quilted by hand.
The Middle Passage 2007
93 x 46 inches
Cotton fabrics and floss, silk ribbon, kente cloth. Appliqued by machine; embroidered and quilted by hand.
Freedom of Speech 2016
49.5 x 49.5 inches
Assorted fabrics including inkjet printed cotton and silk, cotton floss and acrylic paint. Appliqued by machine; painted, embroidered and quilted by hand.
Toxicity
46 x 72 inches 2015
Assorted fabrics, cotton embroidery floss, beads and sequins.
Appliqued by machine; embroidered, embellished and quilted by hand.
Baptizing Our Children in a River of Blood 2017
36 x 48 inches
Assorted fabrics and cotton embroidery floss. Appliqued by machine; embroidered and quilted by hand.
Bad Blood: Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments - Macon County, AL 1932-1972
2016
53 x 68 inches
Assorted fabrics, cotton embroidery floss, buttons, flag pin, buckle and acrylic paints. Appliqued by machine; embroidered, embellished and quilted by hand.
We Shall Overcome 2017
69 x 46 inches
Assorted fabrics and cotton embroidery floss.
Appliqued by machine; embroidered and quilted by hand.
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