Dot in her Cab

This mixed media artwork is a portrait of a woman cabbie from the 1940s.

I worked with acrylic paint to portray the woman. In this work, I played with gold leaf by adding small touches of gold to her cap and pin on her jacket.

I also chose actual gold leaf as a way to literally speak of her value and worth. It’s a means to honor her and speak to the irony of being documented by a photographer but not worthy enough of documenting her name.

I worked with traditionally decorative or “female” materials as another means to celebrate this unknown, unsung woman.