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The artist's simplified imagery speaks to universal experiences. She has found just enough words to express her beliefs...her universal concerns carry far and transcend the eccentric languages of individual races and cultures...unlike writers, some artists have been privileged to find a vocabulary which can transcend the borders which our ancestors have built.

Kent dur Russell
Associate Director
The Parrish Art Museum
New York

Mr. Russell was former director of the Arts Council Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland, and the Associate Director of The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York. He is currently Director of the Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, MA.

Excerpted from L. Vandegrift Davala, Alleluias of Love: Selected Works 1979-91. Berman Museum of Art