Colorful Message by Luis Tapia
Medium: Prismacolor color pencil, pencil, ink pen
Size: 11” x 7”
Image description: A drawing using prismacolor pencils, pencil, and ink pen. A colorful background image of a grim reaper whose head is surrounded by three large purple roses. The background is blue on the left side and gold on the right side with a yellow border. He is wearing purple robes and holding a scythe with a purple handle and yellow blade. There is a scroll banner on two lines with the words “LET’S GET FREE.” Below the reaper and banner there are flames. There is a clock with wings and a cross. Below that there is a piece of notebook paper with a list with the words:
UNITY
CREATIVITY
IMPROVEMENT
EXPRESSION
SELF REFLECTION
EDUCATION
LIBERATION
FORGIVENESS
Below that there is an envelope with the artist’s address as the sender: L. T. #61741-112, US Penitentiary, PO Box 2000, Bruceton Mills, WV, 26525.
The recipient address is: 460 Melwood Ave #300, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
In place of a stamp, there is the word: HOPE
In the bottom right corner there are steps leading to a door.
The artist signed the piece “L. Tapia 2023”