Silenced, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 in. / 101.6 x 76.2 cm.

Silenced, Brianne Moore, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 in. / 101.6 x 76.2 cm.

I incorporated horizontal black and white lines representing the struggle of black women being excluded from the women’s suffrage movement. The flowers are both representative of beauty and softness as well as the loss of life of black women in the fight for equal rights.