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My sisters and I live different lives than we used to.

I watch their online stories traveling Europe and dancing at music festivals.
We discuss pending court cases and struggles of self-employment.

The days of desperately seeking babysitters, carpooling for school events, and borrowing from each other to pay the rent are gone.

We are less compliant and more calm.
We are more heartbroken and less cooperative.
We are smarter and deeper.

That’s what this painting is about.
Letting go. Floating.

I’ve always loved Ella Fitzgerald singing Cry Me A River.
The lyrics say it all. Cry me a river, I cried a river over you.

But the version that goes with this painting is Cry Me A River by Julie London, Live at the Americana Hotel, New York 1964. It’s breathtakingly beautiful.

So this painting is titled Cry Me A Moana and captures a similar sentiment as the song.
(Moana is a word that means ocean in several Pacific Island languages.)

Five brown-skinned full-bodied women floating in water.
They are reaching and twisting.
Their respectable white dresses become translucent, and the flower leis of honour are drifting away, and the women don’t care.
They float above fish skeletons and remnants of the past.

I hope it resonates. I want to make art that people feel, not only look at.

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This is a digital print download. When you buy a digital download, we send you an email with a link containing instructions about how to download your print. You will receive a link to a 300 DPI printable image in a PDF or JPG file. Simply download and save the file. You can print your wall art at home, your local print shop, or through an online printing service.

You can print your artwork as many times as you like as long as it is for personal use.This print is copyrighted and cannot be used commercially in any way. It is for your personal use only. If you wish to use the digital print commercially, you can contact the artist for their fee to purchase a commercial license.  Please respect the artist’s rights.

This digital file can be printed on paper, canvas, wood, metal. For paper prints, for best results, we recommend using 200gsm cardstock in matte or semi-gloss finish. If printing at home, ensure the printer’s color correction is disabled and that it is set to print at ‘original size.’
Unless specified otherwise, all art has been formatted to a 4:3 aspect ratio to enable printing in various common sizes (aspect ratio is the relationship between the width and height of an image). Your new wall art can be printed in the following sizes: 6 x 8in / 15 x 20cm, 9 x 12in / 22 x 30cm, 12 x 16in / 30 x 40cm, 15 x 20in / 38 x 50cm, 18 x 24in / 45 x 60cm, 24 x 32in / 60 x 80cm and 30 x 40in / 75 x 100cm.
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