Original Signed Portrait of a Ghanaian Woman and Child, "My Mother, My World"

After a brief pause in her busy day, a woman bends once again to the work at hand. Her young child rides in a shawl on her back, accompanying her everywhere but leaving her hands free. Intriguing transparent ribbons ripple across the colorful stylized images. Painting with acrylics, Seth Alifo creates an inspired tribute to African mothers. "She is so graceful as she engages in her daily activities," he says. "Her baby, displaying antics, shows that truly a mother is the only world you can rely on."