This carved wooden sculpture makes reference to Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, the central protagonist of To Kill a Mockingbird. By naming the wood sculpture after the young protagonist, Annette Lemieux specifically references the moment in which Scout and her brother find miniature carved figures, made to look like them, hidden in a hollow tree. In the artist’s own words: “[In] To Kill a Mockingbird, the plot and characters were loosely based on Harper Lee’s observations of her own hometown experience through Scout’s eyes and ears. I too watched and learned from teachers, neighbors, as well as from my family when I was very young and then unlearned the prejudice that was taught and observed—the acceptance or rejection of a person due to their race, religious belief, or economic status.”

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