As an artist, I create work that bridges the past and present, honoring ancestral memory while imagining new, liberated futures. My practice spans portraiture, sculpture, illustration, and site-responsive public art, and is rooted in the belief that art can hold space for healing, reflection, and transformation. Through the language of color, form, and layered symbolism, I tell stories that explore the complexity, beauty, and resilience of the human spirit, especially within the African American experience.

 

Much of my work is guided by a deep reverence for lineage and cultural memory. I am drawn to the idea that our ancestors remain with us, not just through bloodlines, but through the spiritual, emotional, and historical legacies we carry. My compositions often blur the lines between realism and surrealism, inviting viewers into worlds where time folds, and spirit breathes. These visual environments become spaces to consider the quiet strength behind survival, the invisible labor of those who came before, and the everyday magic embedded in Black life.

 

Whether working on canvas, within community spaces, or in the public realm, I aim to create art that resonates across generations and audiences. My painting Bloom, now in the permanent collection of the African American Civil War Memorial Museum, exemplifies my interest in using surrealist visual language to convey generational sacrifice and the layered metaphors of liberation. In recent public commissions, I’ve continued to explore these themes through sculptural forms and site-integrated designs that engage history, place, and collective memory.

 

Ultimately, my work seeks to hold space for the unseen, the unspoken, and the stories we carry in silence. It asks: What do we inherit when we aren’t looking? Who walks with us even when we think we’re alone? And how can we build new visual languages that honor the past while opening portals to what’s possible?

 

I make art not only to reflect the world around me, but to connect us more deeply to the spirit of those who shaped it.