“In another, hands reach up toward two men in a boat, seemingly invoking, perhaps, those lost during the Middle Passage. Laundry flapping on a line before what looks like a quilt with stitched designs speaks to quotidian pastimes in the communities established in their new home.

All these images Page encircles with rings of braided synthetic hair and with other materials (rice, for example) that invoke historical cultural symbols, not least of which is the base material: pigmented cotton pulp. The cumulative effect is a feeling of the richness of the Black experience throughout centuries, its persistence through trials and tragedy, the way resilience led to the establishment of community in a land whose shores proved alien and life-threatening for thousands of Africans, and their deep connection to the land - for sustenance, of course, but also for the succor and mystical resonance emanating from the forest and water spirits revered by African religions.”

— Jorge S. Arango, In a Freeport barn and on a trail in Cushing, find multidimensional art, Portland Press Herald. Posted July 4th, 2025. Article link.