Claudette

She stood in the Quarters, colors screaming off her clothes and hair loud like sirens, like brass, like a woman who hasn't a care. Waiting—for what? Even she didn’t seem sure. Feet planted like roots cracking the pavement, hands twitching like they had a story to finish, one last line to scratch, one last truth to scrawl. I sat across the way, club soda sweating in my grip, sketchpad open, catching the aerosol of light. "Never too late"—half-faded, half-true, dripping rebellion down the brick. Claudette wasn’t asking permission, she was making space, burning the old in neon fire. A canvas of struggle, of fight, of staying-because staying is the loudest thing you can do.-JBR Claudett is one of many portraits from the Collection entitled "Profiles Of Louisiana", sketches turned to digital paintings from my travels through Louisiana. You can peruse the collection here. Claudette arrives to you on a 20 x 20" Stretched Canvas .75" Frame Thickness Wire Hanger set White Edge Design