Mother and Baby

This collage created by Romare Bearden caught my eye because of its simplicity. There is clearly a mother and child, the focus of the art, but the background is solid. I thought this was quite different from his other works which were busy and cluttered with layers of collage pieces. This piece of art has good composition because the figures are not centered and it grabbed my attention. I read that he had a great appreciation for his mother, as we all should, and I thought it was symbolic. This could represent him and his mom. Overall, I thought it was a nice collage and an interesting way to create two people and such a powerful image out of collage scraps.