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This artwork tells the poignant story of the artist’s son, and of loss and grief: “Coyote,
wrapped in a blanket of stars. The mourning mother’s son hears his mom’s prayers for
healing and justice. Prayers for change. Tears on his face looking through the veil of
the spirit world, saying a prayer for his mom and family. Ancestors behind him wrapped
in their blankets of stars talking with the moon. The stars are the campfires of
our ancestors, the place where all things begin and where we will all one day return.”Label
Coyote, wrapped in a blanket of stars. The mourning mother’s son, hears his mom’s
prayers for healing and justice. Prayers for change. Tears on his face looking through
the veil of the spirit world, saying a prayer for his mom and his family. Ancestors
behind him wrapped in their blankets of stars talking with the moon. The stars are the
campfires of our ancestors, the place where all things begin and where we will all one
day return.
Inspired by my handsome son Derrick Wily who was murdered in November of 2020
and all of our missing and murdered.