Each of my paintings intent is to cause the viewer to take stock of these incongruities, to take measure of our implicit biases, to be encouraged to check one self while at same time feel the paintings message of hope and redemption.
I SAW THEM GO TO PIECES
40x30in
Commentary On The Rising Tide Of Homelessness. What Does It Say About Us When Our Nation Can Spend 10b For Building A Telescope For Space Exploration But Can’t Provide Affordable Housing And Get Good People Out Of Tents ?
Commentary On The Rising Tide Of Homelessness. What Does It Say About Us When Our Nation Can Spend 10b For Building A Telescope For Space Exploration But Can’t Provide Affordable Housing And Get Good People Out Of Tents ?
Title: Hello Stranger
Size: 36x42in.
Medium: Acrylic /mixed medium on wood board
Commentary on the anonymity of poor and dispossessed in our capitalist culture.
Symbols Interpretation: The Shaman Star is a Native American symbol used by majority of tribe shamans to indicate his/her position. It is also commonly referred to as the North Star emblematic of better days ahead. The Horned Serpent also a Native American symbol (Plain State Tribes) represents a undefeated spirit as well as personal renewal of spirit shedding the past, boldly striding into the future. Other graffiti iconography taken directly from the street, speaks to being in the presents of a rebel about to take it to another level.
YOU TOO
Title: Black Cotton Size: 36x48in acrylic/mixed medium on wood board
Commentary on using the predominantly Black prison population as slave labor, profiting the private prison contractors
Title: See Me Size: 36x48inches acrylic/mixed medium on wood board
Commentary on the lack of political will to address America’s second pandemic, homelessness..
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PLAY OUTSIDE ANOTHER DAY
24×30 inches
Acrylic, mixed medium,
on board
Commenting on the proletariat’s
right to be treated fairly.
NEITHER GOD
NOR MASTER
24×30 inches
Acrylic, mixed medium,
on board
Commenting on the proletariat’s
right to be treated fairly.
I TOO SING
AMERICA
24×30 inches
Acrylic, mixed medium,
on board
Commenting on the proletariat’s
right to be treated fairly.
PLAY OUTSIDE ANOTHER DAY
24×30 inches
Acrylic, mixed medium,
on board
Commenting on the proletariat’s
right to be treated fairly.
NEITHER GOD
NOR MASTER
24×30 inches
Acrylic, mixed medium,
on board
Commenting on the proletariat’s
right to be treated fairly.
I TOO SING
AMERICA
24×30 inches
Acrylic, mixed medium,
on board
Commenting on the proletariat’s
right to be treated fairly.
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“Art can render visible certain histories, wounds, and perspectives that have long been suppressed by colonialism and its afterlives“ Kader Attia
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