My mixed media painting series, Runaway: Going, Going, Gone, is inspired by a recent discovery of “Wanted” advertisements from the early 1700s and 1800s.  These ads describe runaway enslaved people of African descent in, sometimes minute, details. Descriptions of hair color and styles, clothes, complexion, scars, size, and demeanor conjure vivid images in a real and tangible ways.  Lucy, the first in this series (1809) was a 17 year old of dark complexion who went to the market and never returned. A $5 reward if offered.  Run, Lucy, run!