Face Like a Flint by Annie Ruth

Embellished canvas with mixed media
40x30
Reproduction
 
About the Art
Face Like a Flint embodies self-love, resilience, and spiritual resolve—an inward expression of Black love forged through endurance and faith. The figure’s steady gaze and radiant halo suggest strength shaped by devotion, reflection, and inner clarity. This work honors the love required to remain grounded, whole, and unwavering in the face of challenge. It celebrates Black love as self-directed and sacred, affirming dignity, courage, and divine presence within.
 
About the Artist
Annie Ruth is a Cincinnati-based visual artist, poet, author, and arts educator whose work centers Black identity, spirituality, love, and collective healing. With a career spanning more than four decades, her multidisciplinary practice blends acrylic, mixed media, and collage to create vibrant “spiritual portraits” that honor inner life, memory, and connection. Rooted in symbolism, rich color, and expressive form, Annie Ruth’s work explores Black love as both intimate and communal—romantic devotion, ancestral reverence, self-worth, and the everyday bonds that sustain community.

Her artwork has been featured in public and private collections nationally and internationally, and her community-based projects reflect a lifelong commitment to using art as a tool for affirmation, storytelling, and empowerment. Through her visual language, Annie Ruth invites viewers into moments of tenderness, joy, and reflection—celebrating Black love in all its beauty, resilience, and depth.