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Original oil painting on a 1-1/2in gallery wrapped canvas with no frame. The text-and-portrait work introduces another conceptual layer. The visible words—“diversity,” “inclusion,” “peace,” and related terms—suggest a social or ethical framework, but the painting’s emotional ambiguity keeps it from becoming didactic. This is promising. The work edges toward the dialogue between image and language seen in contemporary politically engaged figuration, though it would benefit from a more resolved relationship between text, figure, and background.