We Are Our Neighbor's Keeper

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We Are Our Neighbor's Keeper

We Are Our Neighbor's Keeper

Gifty Annan-Mensah
Country
Born 1949, Ghana; residing Virginia
Dimensions
25.25 x 29 x 0.5 In.
Medium
Acrylic gouache, pen, and canvas
Hands clasp, hug, hold, prepare, feed, reach, comfort, care, and share in Annan-Mensah’s image of neighbors. As each figure seeks to help those around her or him, God’s love is evident, symbolized by the heart grounding the scenes of service. Heavenly Father’s approval falls on the scene as pollen that drops from a sunflower. Annan-Mensah comments, “[Heavenly Father’s] heart desires that as He has loved us, we should also love one another.”
“Dza [Ɔsor Egya] ne pɛ tsitsir nye dɛ mbrɛ Ɔadɔ hɛn nkorkor no, hɛn so yɛndodɔ hɛnho dɛmara.”
—Gifty Annan-Mensah