2023 Braille Institute of America's Artists Artworks

This handmade mosaic/ceramic piece in vertical rectangular format is framed in black. The classic American comic book hero Captain America is wearing his iconic red, white, and blue costume. His arm is outstretched up and out in a display of his power. The background is made up of broken orange pieces of ceramic tile.

William Andrus

Captain America, 2019

Captain America, 2019 12 ¼ ” x 18 ¼”

This handmade mosaic/ceramic piece in vertical rectangular format is framed in black. The classic American comic book hero Captain America is wearing his iconic red, white, and blue costume. His arm is outstretched up and out in a display of his power. The background is made up of broken orange pieces of ceramic tile.

This whimsical tactile collage features a furry black dog made of yarn seated comfortably on a primarily light blue upholstered chair with a floral pattern. The feet of the chair are made of two brown ceramic tiles each. The background is white and it in a black vertical rectangular frame.

Barbara Ford

Lazy Dog, 2019

Mixed Media 14 ½” x 17 ½”

This whimsical tactile collage features a furry black dog made of yarn seated comfortably on a primarily light blue upholstered chair with a floral pattern. The feet of the chair are made of two brown ceramic tiles each. The background is white and it in a black vertical rectangular frame.

A white vertical rectangle of canvas is back embroidered with a triple layer of gold sequins frames two brightly illustrated carrots of shiny green, orange, and lavender sequins, which rise above a tiny flower of the same color scheme at a 45-degree angle.

Wendy Ortega

Fabulous Carrots and A Flower, 2023

Sequins on Fabric/Burlap 11 6/16” x 18 ¼”

A white vertical rectangle of canvas is back embroidered with a triple layer of gold sequins frames two brightly illustrated carrots of shiny green, orange, and lavender sequins, which rise above a tiny flower of the same color scheme at a 45-degree angle.

This is a stylized portrait of the face of internationally renowned African-American entertainer Josephine Baker. She is wearing contrasting cool & warm colored feather shapes on her head; a yellow lace drops around the top of her face. Piano keys and musical notes are depicted around her against a warm rouge background under a yellow ochre sky above which horizontally divides the composition behind her in half.

Roberta Smith

Josephine Baker, 2019

Print on Rag Paper 16 3/16” x 20 3/16”

This is a stylized portrait of the face of internationally renowned African-American entertainer Josephine Baker. She is wearing contrasting cool & warm colored feather shapes on her head; a yellow lace drops around the top of her face. Piano keys and musical notes are depicted around her against a warm rouge background under a yellow ochre sky above which horizontally divides the composition behind her in half.

This horizontal abstract landscape comprises mainly light to medium blues. A hot pink spotted line divides the lower third of the print. There are three vertical white Q-Tip shapes on top of the pink line and three of the same shapes perpendicular to them. A charcoal shape at the bottom grounds the piece like distant hills in the background. There are a few spots of yellow-green shapes at the top left and loose ghostly lines of yellow fade in and out on the right and left.

Karry Carpenter

Print on Rag Paper 24.5” x 29.5”

This horizontal abstract landscape comprises mainly light to medium blues. A hot pink spotted line divides the lower third of the print. There are three vertical white Q-Tip shapes on top of the pink line and three of the same shapes perpendicular to them. A charcoal shape at the bottom grounds the piece like distant hills in the background. There are a few spots of yellow-green shapes at the top left and loose ghostly lines of yellow fade in and out on the right and left.

This vertical rectangular print on black paper features the ghostly image of a light gray cat. Its pink tongue sticks out in stark contrast to the monochromatic feel.

Frank Burns

Ghost Cat

Print on Rag Paper 20” x 23”

This vertical rectangular print on black paper features the ghostly image of a light gray cat. Its pink tongue sticks out in stark contrast to the monochromatic feel.

In an imaginary space a mannequin dress form is wearing a white, blue, and red floral-patterned dress that is being tailored; clippings of the fabric lay on the floor below. Large turquoise glass panes are in the background, and the word “BOUTIQUE” is read backward in bold red letters above a large red ampersands symbol.

Savannah Gayle

Boutique

Mixed Media on Cardboard 13” x 19”

In an imaginary space a mannequin dress form is wearing a white, blue, and red floral-patterned dress that is being tailored; clippings of the fabric lay on the floor below. Large turquoise glass panes are in the background, and the word “BOUTIQUE” is read backward in bold red letters above a large red ampersands symbol.