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A garden is a place where beautiful new things are grown. This painting shows a garden with an Asante wooden aku' abe fertility doll. This doll is used by Asante women who are having problems with conceiving a baby. A priest would provide the doll, the aku’aba was then carried, fed, bathed, and otherwise cared for by the woman as if it was a living baby. In so doing, it was hoped she would eventually conceive. Aku’aba dolls are thus not only artworks, but objects with a beautiful, sometimes sad story behind them. This painting attempts to convey the essence of this process.

Joe Roache creates oil, acrylic, and computer paintings and drawings, which range from figurative to abstract. His work has shown in museums, galleries and public spaces around the country and the world. Joe completed his undergraduate study in art at Florida A&M University and graduate study at The University of Wisconsin, Madison graduating with an M.F.A. in Painting and Graphics. Mr. Roache has taught courses in 3D Animation and Design in the School of Journalism Media and Graphic Communications and Painting and Design in the Art Department at FAMU. Joe has exhibited his paintings, drawings and computer art collages in many locations around the state and the nation. His work is in several public and private collections...