An Arrival and Leona's Leave Taking
An Arrival
Candace Hunter
Leona’s leave taking
Candace Hunter
an arrival, 2021
mixed media collage on board
24" x 36", framed in 1/2" bronze and copper patina'd wood frame
Leona’s leave taking, 2021
mixed media collage on board
24" x 36", framed in 1/2" bronze and copper patina'd wood frame
“When leaving New Orleans, she bid farewell to the swell of the Mississippi, but all else she carried in her luggage and her heart. She carried the monies that all of her family members had pooled for her. Eighty-seven dollars! She carried handwritten recipes for gumbo and jambalaya and militon - though she didn’t know if militon even grew near the salt water of the Pacific. She was a girl of the gurgling, murky and dangerous waters of the Mississippi and the abundance of Lake Pontchartrain.
She also carried in her “high pocket” the name and address of her Aunt Leona. Leona had left New Orleans decades earlier and had established herself handsomely in this new city of hills. It was Leona who had extended the invitation to her young niece. ”
*An Arrival and Leona’s Leave Taking are displayed and sold as a pair
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