Marsha Francine Campbell

Acrylic on canvas
18” x 24”

There is no place like home, and Tulsa has been a beacon of hope and resiliency from the time that the Muscogee Creek Nation first stood on the banks of the Arkansas River and expressed that this was good.

My painting, Season of Renewal, is a tribute to the past, present, and future of Tulsa. The two young girls riding a bicycle were inspired by an image on the wall of Greenwood Rising and my memories of growing up just north of the railroad tracks within the shadows of downtown Tulsa in the 1960s, in the area known as Deep Greenwood. I too remember the feeling of being an outsider.

These feelings were always short-lived as the community created an environment that honored our innocence and allowed us to have adventures and the joys of childhood. The adults tended to us much the same as they tended to their flower gardens and wildflower patches.

No matter the community in which you live, the hopes of that community are to nurture a feeling of well-being for all of its’ residents, especially the children.

The desire to make the best of one’s home and community is universal. In spite of setbacks that do happen in life, flowers still bloom in the springtime.

The painting celebrates Tulsa’s beauty—from its architecture, parks, and landscape, and the resiliency of its people. As long as we have our sights on the future we wish to build for our children, Tulsa will be OK and will be as good as gold.

M. Francine Campbell, aka, faida
also a citizen of the Muskogee Creek Nation