"Our Common Hand" Margarita Peraza-Rugeley " and "Back to the

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The paintings submitted for the exhibition “Our Common Ground” are landscape and simple object studies

A combination of odd jobs and scholarships put her through the College of Art and Crafts in Oakland and the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco

Glannon’s works have been shown in the New School for Social Research in New York City

The title of this painting and its content come from this hope

"Our Common Hand" Margarita Peraza-Rugeley " and "Back to theMargarita 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.