gelli plate monotype with acrylic paint; 6×6”

“My print represents how we have freedom of speech, but how we still cannot entirely speak our opinions, thoughts, or feelings on things. The small broken cage represents freedom of speech, originally, but the cage around it shows how we still can’t fully speak our minds.”

ARTIST BIO: Sydney Lehman is an outdoorsy, outgoing person who doesn’t like to follow the crowd. Her hobbies are drawing, reading, writing, hiking, gardening, skiing, and playing sports such as track, soccer, and flag football. Sydney has strong opinions about many things, but also enjoys hearing other people’s opinions.