Identification of a Dandelion 11 inch by 14 inch oil on canvas SOLD see enlarge image

This painting shows a "botanical print" or a "scientific illustration" of a dandelion with leaf, bud, flower and a mature seed head. In replace of that, the painting shows an identification of Clayton Valli's Dandelion in American Sign Language Literature as in ASL LIT and De'VIA visual art, with his handshapes and movement of a dandelion. The actual name for a dandelion is Taraxacum officinale, as in "Clayton Valli Dandelion." To replace the concept of a leaf, bud, flower and a mature seed head, it is as:

1. motif HAND
2. category RESISTANCE, AFFIRMATION and LIBERATION
3. theme SPREADING
Art movement SURDISM, genres- ASL LIT and Visual art.

The story behind Valli's Dandelion, it started as an affirmation category how Valli performed the handshape flower as to grow, becomes a bud, and grows to be a flower, until it matures to a white seed head. Then comes the resistance category, a lawn mower, mows the dandelions away, the white seeds spread all over becomes a liberation category. This is to refer that American Sign Language continues to regrow and spread everywhere.