"Our Common Hand" Margarita Peraza-Rugeley

"Our Common Hand" Margarita Peraza-RugeleyMargarita Peraza Rugeley, Arkadelphia, AR Our Common Hand, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 18 x 24 This painting draws on the visual vocabulary created 600 years ago in Milan, Italy by Filippo Maria Visconti and his son in law Francesco Sforza. Their deck of cards was used for art and entertainment, not as prophetic tools like modern day descendants, the Tarot. The Visconti Sforza cards blended late international Gothic styles with early Renaissance realism.

Gouache on paper

“and I learned to love the poetry of the earth and the music of landscapes

and even coffee filters to create wall reliefs

This heartfelt book was lovingly formatted by the author in the breathtaking honeymoon capital of the world

who’s studio is located in the historic district of downtown Eureka Springs

Playful elegance meets radiant luxury in these captivating drop earrings

or we can risk breaking open our hard exterior to grow

11 x 14”

It creates a conflict for western viewers by contradicting the manner in which they would normally read

by Bitsy Newell (1943-1920)

but fluid and interconnected

brilliant-cut diamonds