FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Bahiya Spaulding stands by her artwork at the Solano Town Center Gallery in Fairfield, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic)
Featured artist explores living with alopecia in a series of watercolor combs
FAIRFIELD Search the internet asking why hair is so important to women and a bevy of results come up.
Among them are “hair symbolizes physical strength and virility” and “a bad hair day is just a bad day.”
Vacaville’s Bahiaya Spaulding, whose first name means beautiful in Swahili, has opted to express her life with alopecia in a series of detailed paintings featuring combs, now on display at the Solano Town Center Gallery.