"Our Common Hand" Margarita Peraza-Rugeley The little fingers are symbols

The little fingers are symbols of food

Holt’s sketches and paintings expressed an appreciation of nature

I had a feeling even as a boy that nature could give me a symbol to say anything that I would ever have to say

The title of this painting and its content come from this hope

A combination of odd jobs and scholarships put her through the College of Art and Crafts in Oakland and the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco

"Our Common Hand" Margarita Peraza-Rugeley The little fingers are symbolsMargarita Peraza Rugeley, Arkadelphia, AR Our Common Hand, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 18 x 24 This painting draws on the visual vocabulary created 600 years ago in Milan, Italy by Filippo Maria Visconti and his son in law Francesco Sforza. Their deck of cards was used for art and entertainment, not as prophetic tools like modern day descendants, the Tarot. The Visconti Sforza cards blended late international Gothic styles with early Renaissance realism.