To celebrate #WaterMW, we are featuring “Ghosts of the Old Mississippi: Dismal Swamp/Northern Lights” by San Antonio artist Liz Ward. Water is the foundation of all life, and this work demonstrates the often-fraught relationship between water sources and humans. By using a variety of materials and deep, earth-tone colors, Ward highlights the changes that industry and geoengineering have visited upon the Mississippi River at the same time as she investigates cultural and familial ties to it. Liz Ward, American, born 1959, “Ghosts of the Old Mississippi: Dismal Swamp/Northern Lights,” 2015, Watercolor, gesso, silverpoint, pastel, and collage on paper , 71 5/8 × 31 7/8 in., San Antonio Musuem of Art, purchased with The Brown Foundation Contemporary Art Acquisition Fund and funds provided by Dr. Katherine Moore McAllen, Dr. Dacia Napier, Edward E. (Sonny) Collins III, and The Sheerin Family, 2021.7. © Liz Ward #museumweek #sanantoniomuseumofart
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