“The words that made me” (acrylic on wood panel), by Frantz Lexy, in his show “Exuding Power in Moments of Vulnerability,’’ at Fountain Street Fine Art, Boston.
Mr. Lexy, a Boston-based artist who was born in Haiti, says:
“That painting exudes so much power, and when I took that photo {the inspiration for the painting}, I took a picture of my grandmother while she was over at the hospital waiting room waiting to get care. I thought that picture was a moment we should turn around, and I looked at her eyes and took that picture. Being in a hospital waiting room is a moment of vulnerability, so I like to flip it and give it a sense of power. My grandmother has always been my personal hero.”
