The artist, Adam Simon, writes:

Brooke was an art history major who had to put her interests aside to earn a living in real estate. She's now getting back to it. She has worked at the African-American museum in Philadelphia and is interning at the Wexler gallery. Here's part of what she wrote:

Because we are both art lovers I've often thought that it is such a great shame that we haven't been able to build a larger collection of works that we are personally connected to since even work of emerging local talent is often out of our price range.
We'd still love to build our own, or help friends of ours build their own, collections. Of course, before now, I've not really considered what great exposure an artist could get hanging in my modest Philadelphia rowhome, but now that I think about it...hey...why not?

That said, I think Justice is interesting visually, but more than that, echos discussions that quite frequently happen in my dining area. I think you're right - perhaps you did sense a change coming. This is a great conversation starter in a home like ours where young diverse folks are cutting their teeth on hotly debated political issues, current events, and historical traditions. What a piece!