An earthy folk-art illustration on warm cream paper, forms segmented into decorative craft patchwork filled with geometric folk patterns, herringbone weaves, knit stitches, zigzags and stippled dots, calm composed arrangement. A flag in cloth in a tall frame: the American flag built as a patchwork of recycled work clothes, the red stripes from faded red work shirts, the white stripes from unbleached cotton, the blue canton from worn denim with small white star patches, visible herringbone weave, stitches and a few careful repairs, the whole flag hanging flat on a cream ground.
Light: flat even light on warm cream, patchwork segments of denim indigo, brick red and unbleached white filled with herringbone, zigzag and stitch patterns, a few repair patches with visible thread; palette of indigo, brick red, unbleached white and cream; honest, worn, careful.
Tall 9:16 portrait frame, composed vertically with the main line of the scene rising through the height of the frame. The American flag shown flat and complete with thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white starting and ending with red, and a blue canton in the upper left covering the top seven stripes with small white stars in staggered rows; laid out or hung respectfully, never touching the ground, no text, no people, no logos, no defacing.
