Purity Itanet
by Gary Williams
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$250
Dimensions
8.000 x 11.000 inches
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Title
Purity Itanet
Artist
Gary Williams
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
I lived in a small Maasai village for a month in 2012. The people were beautiful and expressive in ways that only watercolors could capture. I painted this thirteen year old girl, in this heroic pose to emphasize her strong personality. The people in the village were suffering because of a recent drought. So we decided to start a foundation to help the children stay in school. This was especially important for some of the girls, ages 12 -15, whose families felt pressed to marry them off in exchange for cattle, a form of wealth. In fact, Purity's father told me, that because most of his cattle had died, he planned to marry her off given the opportunity. I promised the people in the village that one half of the proceeds from the sale of the portraits would go to start the foundation to help these children.
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July 18th, 2012
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