‘Moment of vulnerability’

“The words that made me” (acrylic on wood panel), by Frantz Lexy, in his show “Exuding Power in Moments of Vulnerability,’’ at Fountain Street Fine Art, Boston.

Mr. Lexy, a Boston-based artist who was born in Haiti, says:

“That painting exudes so much power, and when I took that photo {the inspiration for the painting}, I took a picture of my grandmother while she was over at the hospital waiting room waiting to get care. I thought that picture was a moment we should turn around, and I looked at her eyes and took that picture. Being in a hospital waiting room is a moment of vulnerability, so I like to flip it and give it a sense of power. My grandmother has always been my personal hero.”