{"product_id":"bayou-woman","title":"Bayou Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBayou Woman\u003c\/em\u003e returns to the Louisiana landscape that shaped Samella Lewis’s earliest sense of place. The seated figure is not isolated from the setting: the same ochres, blacks, and warm earth colors move through her clothing, the water, and the surrounding ground. Lewis makes the woman and the bayou part of a single remembered environment rather than treating the landscape as background.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work is especially effective because it refuses a picturesque view of the South. Its compressed space, roughened surface, and closely related colors make memory feel layered and unsettled. The figure’s inward posture gives the image its psychological center while leaving her identity and thoughts open to the viewer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInstitutional context\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBayou Woman\u003c\/em\u003e has appeared in coverage of the Samella S. Lewis Collection at The Kansas African American Museum, a collection formed through gifts Lewis made to the museum between 1998 and 2006. Its presence there connects the print to Lewis’s broader work as both an artist and a builder of Black cultural institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePrint and edition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 2006 mixed-media print combines digital and serigraph processes to build its layered color and textured surface. It was issued in an edition of 60 with additional artist’s proofs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eArtwork details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dr. Samella Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Digital serigraph \/ mixed media print\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20.5 × 23 in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60 plus artist’s proofs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePresentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unframed\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samella Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46409799073836,"sku":"SL-001","price":10000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/7936\/1324\/files\/samella-lewis-Bayou-Woman-1-705x501.jpg?v=1792176586","url":"https:\/\/shop.samellalewis.com\/products\/bayou-woman","provider":"Samella Lewis","version":"1.0","type":"link"}