Black is the Color
In the first issue of For the 44th on the 4th of the new year and new decade, New York artist Micaela Anaya paints a picture of the 44th President using nearly no color black. Through this piece, I ask the reader to reflect, not about race, but about color. Black. And white. The blackness and the whiteness of the President, the White House and the nation. The inability to truly represent this nation using these colors alone, even with pen and paper.
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UNTITLED
MICAELA ANAYA 
Over the past year, president Obama has been both idealized and villainized; my intention through this piece is to humanize him. My use of color in this portrait is to symbolize all the different creeds and colors of people who have put their faith in Obama. The words that surround the portrait are a reflection of the language used to describe Obama and his election. This work is still in progress. . .
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
MICAELA ANAYA has found purpose and freedom in her art since the age of three. Despite receiving limited art education she has always found ways to cultivate her art. After graduating in 08’ from Wesleyan University, the Chicago native moved to New York. Anaya is a 23-year-old artist who currently resides in Brooklyn and plans to be in New York for the next few years. . .
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For the 44th on January 4th, 2010 by M. Liz Andrews, Micaela Anaya is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Based on a work at www.LetterToObama.com. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at www.LetterToObama.com.
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