This week I thought I’d switch things up by talking about another artists’ work, the work of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Artists must go out into the world to look at… Read More
Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Life and Art: Part 1
Genre: Grantee Story
New Works in Progress
Currently I am preparing new prints for two upcoming shows in June. The pencil studies shown here are for the next series of prints called Cosmos/ Chaos II. In preparation… Read More
My Story is about Self-Love
Shhh, Don’t Say That: History Matters
Quite possibly the most infuriating comment ever uttered, and I have heard this several times over my life/career, most frequently by students is, “…I don’t want to study history because… Read More
How I got “hooked” on art – Part 3: Connecting the dots
This week I’ll complete the story of my Cuban relatives’ immigration to the United States. I’ll also connect the dots between my temporary art studio, where I completed my first… Read More
Books 2
As the first summer reading list was well received, I thought I would throw in a second collection of art+design books that every artist should read. Enjoy. Context, history and… Read More
Afrofuturism, afroQuantum, and The Black Goddess
A few years ago, I wrote poetic piece o’ conjure for Gerald Jenkins’ photo-novel It’s After The End Of The World. I didn’t know him when Darius James asked me… Read More
Melanin is our friend and now it’s for sale.
Fluidity means that our black identities are constantly changing as we respond to circumstances in our families and communities of origin, and as we interact with a wider world. –… Read More
The How and Why of It
All This Stuff I’m Carrying vs Things Waiting for a Weightless Me. Never content with simply providing what’s requested; always on a mission to break it down to something that… Read More
Water is Life
Sometimes, as we develop our craft, we find we have a theme in our art. Sometimes we are inspired specifically by a certain event, a place, or even a person. … Read More
