The first artworks Mary Proctor ever made were three paintings on doors dedicated to members of her family who had died in a house fire. This tragic event was a turning point in Proctor’s life and motivated her feverish production of art on all sorts of architectural and other found surfaces. In this door painting, Proctor memorializes the first African American U.S. president and his family through bright patriotic color splashes and riffs on President Obama’s signature motto, “Yes We Can.”