"Our Common Hand" Margarita Peraza-Rugeley Weary from the economic obstacles

Weary from the economic obstacles in her country

The imagery and the use of primary colors (plus white and black) underscore the basic factors that still form humanity's common ground

He'd been down the rabbit hole

Nostalgia here is not distant or passive—it is active

"Our Common Hand" Margarita Peraza-Rugeley Weary from the economic obstaclesMargarita 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.