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Elizabeth Casqueiro

Lisbon, Portugal and Washington, DC, United States

Elizabeth's work reflects her identity as an immigrant/traveler, an architect, a woman. She explores the psychology of familiar issues using figurative images inserted into abstract backgrounds, these...

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She cuts her long hair in what might be a gesture of defiance, liberation, or recklessness. In doing so, she is cutting loose that which is old and burdensome, and embracing that which is new and uplifting.

This work is part of a series about issues facing young women today, entitled "Choices."