Lasalle Art Analysis: The Hopeful

This piece is located in the LaSalle Art Museum by the name of “The Hopeful”. The artist, Frank Hyder created this painting in 1988 on approximately 5’ by 7’ carved masorite panels with acrylic paint. This piece was especially interesting due to the canvas it was painted on. The carvings on the masorite looked almost like a thumbprint. At the bottom center and top center there are fingers reaching towards the center the of the painting and a large trunk of a tree behind them. Sitting in the palm of the bottom hand there is a person sitting in a fetal position. At the far left of the piece there seems to be a silver totem like structure surrounded by a number of small blue swirls. At the opposite end there are various nude women raising