Description

Morgan Overton

Mlezi

Oil on canvas

30″ x 48″

$3000

Mlezi is a Swahili word for “Guardian”. Our ancestors can serve as our protectors, as hey have paved the paths before us. An ancestor, wearing all white is in the center, while holding her descendants on either side. They find respite and relinquishing in her spiritual presence and guidance.

This work was on exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Art, as part of the historic art collective Women of Visions’ 2022 exhibition.