Eleanor Roosevelt and Sakiko Saito
60″x 60″
Encaustic with paper, resin and wool on birchwood panels
2024
On April 19, 1934, Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady of the USA, presided over a 6 AM ceremony at the Tidal Basin to celebrate the opening of the first three day festival in Washington, DC.
This painting looks at that moment and salutes Sakiko Saito, daughter fo the Japanese Ambassador. She was crowned as the Cherry Blossom Festival Queen in 1937.
To learn more about the history of the Cherry Blossom Festival, please go here…washington dc cherry blossom festival 2024
To learn more about Eleamor Roosevelt, please got here.. https://www.fdrlibrary.org/er-biography