Significant women

It's been a while since I painted someone in the news, someone who signifies a milestone for our country and culture—but what could be a better thing to celebrate right now, in the midst of gerrymandering, book banning, and the erosion of women's rights, than the appointment to the Supreme Court of our land of its first Black woman?

So I reverted to the style I used when I was painting a lot of these, back a couple of years ago—I got out my Uniball and my Daler Rowney acrylic inks, and memorialized one of the victories for which President Biden and the Democrats can be proud. But no one should be prouder than Ketanji Brown Jackson, for an achievement this epic at the tender age of 51! She is the first, but may she not be the last, and may she render fair judgments for a good long career.

The likeness isn't perfect—her nose is a little longer than this, as is her chin, and I think her forehead is a bit narrower—but I do feel like I captured her palpable joy.

"Victorious KBJ"—Uniball Vision, Daler Rowney acrylic inks, on Fluid 140-lb. coldpress watercolor paper, 9x12 (with a 1/2-inch border).