Brown Paper Bag (Limited Edition) (2021) Style:Brown Paper Bag -Unframed-Limited Edition; 15 x 24 persistence

persistence

These women are not background—they are the moment

The Ancestors Within Us is inspired by the ancestors within all of us who speak to the strength of "knowing" the details of the American journey--our collective history--so as to ensure more promising futures for all descendants (2021)

"Four Girls Walking" is inspired by the much-needed positive news coverage of black children and families in urban neighborhoods that should depict them as vibrant and important to urban renewal efforts

Brown Paper Bag (Limited Edition) (2021) Style:Brown Paper Bag -Unframed-Limited Edition; 15 x 24 persistenceBrown Paper Bag (Paper or Plastic) This painting highlights the brown paper bag and its role in African American oral history as a discriminatory colorist practice within the African American community. We can trace the brown paper bag test back to slavery when enslavers kept the lighter skinned enslaved inside. Today, we are only beginning to reckon with the natural beauty inherent across the color spectrum in all of us. (LIMITED EDITION 250).