This is part of a body of work I created at an artist colony in Nebraska after living in Morocco. The works are my attempt to comprehend some of my experiences there and integrate them into my world and life view. This painting's central figure is an image used in weaving throughout Morocco. It represents the legacy of mountain lions which used to live in the Atlas Mountains but are now extinct. The crosshatches around the edges are another form of the paw image. All of my works contain imperfections; it is my way of building intimacy between the viewer and my self - a sort of inside joke as well as a reminder that these works are created by a fallible human being.