Patriarchal Line combines vital data with landscapes, portraits and pictorial stories of Valerie Atkisson’s father, his father and so on, seven generations back in Florida, Tennessee, and Virginia. "Patriarchal Line" Acrylic on wall, 12 x 8 feet, 2000, Installation D.U.M.B.O Art Center "Patriarchal Line" (detail) "Patriarchal Line" (detail)