”Rarae Aves”. 18 x 24” / Watercolor & Oil Pastels on Acid-Free Strathmore watercolour paper. 
       These two friends, their faces made-up at a festival, may be perceived in as many ways as there are viewers.       
Children are rare individuals, unbelievably perceptive at a very young age, but often their intelligence & perceptions are discounted, and they are talked down to, & trained to think of themselves in terms of their society’s needs & expectations, instead of the childs’ potential.     In this way children are sacrificed to maintain the societys’ status quo.    
        Only the rare child can navigate the rigid waters of social entropy to develop their individuality, their creativity.