I traveled to West Africa as a Getty Fellow in 1993 focusing on studying aesthetics in the Department of Art at the University of Science and Technology in Kumasi Ghana. Dr. Asante , a ceramics professor there at the time, took me to several villages which included the pottery village where his mother lived. This painting celebrates the bond they expressed for each other. His stance took on a feeling of being humbled in the presence of his mother and his reverence for her is visceral. She in turn seemed proud and uplifted by his visit. It is a painting to celebrate also the generational bond of working with materials. For them it was the clay. I had the opportunity to visit Dr. Asantes ceramic studio on campus where he incorporated Adinkra symbols into the large beautiful ceramic vessels. This resonated for me as we stood there with the wall of cooking pots there in the outskirts of Kumasi and I wanted to remember the beauty of this moment.