Prase God

Orange and green bordered drawing of a multi-layered flower with purple, light green, orange and blue petals; small purple cross with artist’s signature and “Prase God” in purple above flower.

Object Details

Artist/Maker

Nellie Mae Rowe, American, 1900–1982

Date

1968–1982

Medium

Crayon, marker, and pencil on paper

Dimensions

11 x 8 1/2 inches

Credit

Gift of Judith Alexander

Accession #

2003.205

Image Copyright

Rowe frequently included text in her work, sometimes incorporating it as a carefully designed pictorial element and other times as a caption or narrative explaining the action in a scene. She often wrote messages of spiritual praise, especially because she believed her artistic talent came from God. In some of her drawings from 1982, the year she passed away, she used her writing to embed messages of farewell.