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Updated My Portfolio
I have updated my Photography Portfolio
and my Art Portfolio
Check it out and tell me what you think.
This Week’s Art
Warrior 5 and Samuel the prophet. Samuel is based on the photo of James C Lewis.
June Is Art Month
June and Art month is almost over. 8x10s will be $75 next month. Let me know if you want to order.
Asked For
In the current bible study I am doing, Beth Moore has taught us that the name Saul meant “Asked For” He was a king they asked for. It reminds me that some of the things that I ask for look good on the outside, but woe the trouble it brings. This drawing is based on James C Lewis’ photograph Saul. Lewis created a series of images with People of Color in the role of Bible characters.
Watching Passion Blossom
Art to me is like a new boyfriend. I am enjoying the time getting to know it, staying up late, and learning its secrets. It is sexy, funny and surprising. It strengthens, encourages and challenges me. I like capturing an image that tells a story. Each one will speak to you.
One of the things I found as I looked around was few artists showed People of Color. As I glean from other artist, I will add my perspective as an African-American woman. One of the things my work brings to the table are People of Color. God created us to be equal, but made us so different in many ways. We have a passion for life. There is a strength in People of Color that will endure.
All of the work below started as something someone else created. I was able to look at it and see new possibilities. My work will always be a celebration of People of Color. Thus far my work has been fun and playful. It has been colorful and over the top. I love the opportunity to show the beauty in color. It represents taking life and all it has to offer.
Enjoy
#Black Girl Art
Thank you for your support
I want to say Thank you for supporting the Queens project to Marsha Bolden. You will help me tell the stories of women like Shirley Chisholm who was the first African American woman to be elected to Congress. Even though she was born in the U.S. her mother sent her to Barbados for her early education. She said “Years later I would know what an important gift my parents had given me by seeing to it that I had my early education in the strict, traditional, British-style schools of Barbados. If I speak and write easily now, that early education is the main reason.”
Thank you for your support
I want to say Thank you for supporting the Queens project to Jana Reed. You will help me tell the stories of women like Elizabeth Phoebe Griscom Ross better known as Betsy Ross who was born the eighth of seventeen children. During the Revolutionary War, she worked in the upholstery business repairing uniforms, making tents and blankets and prepackaged ammunition.
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