16x20 Mixed Media on canvas, 2020. $765.
Won third place in juried show, Nov. 2020.
This is a woman faced with adversity at every step, magnified by the challenges of Covid19 and a country in turmoil. The afro comb shields her from social and political conflicts. She takes the time to reflect on her purpose, finding comfort in knowing her truth.
The is a a mixed media collage on stretched canvas. Her hair curls were made by rolling strips of pages from a 1925 dictionary. Her eyes are from a photo of an African mask and a geometric pattern.

24x36, 2020 Mixed Media Painting, $1675.
This mixed media painting of the girl with the pearl earring is a modern interpretation of Vermeer's painting of the same name. She is a young black woman with ancestors from several cultures. It is a testament to her inner beauty, not just who we see from the outside.

30x40, Mixed Media Painting, 2020, $1675
I wanted this painting to make a statement about the subjugation of black Americans throughout history. Vintage tintype portraits at the lower right of her dress suggest a relationship to the woman, with one green eye. With pen in hand she looks to rewrite her history.
Flecks of paint dot their faces and her arm. Their lives a part of white America and those that dismiss their civil rights. The white area of the painting has been scarred with sharp objects - my reaction to the long simmering racial tensions and violence towards black people... that have only worsened under President Trump.

Mixed Media Painting,36x36, 2020. $2200.
2020 has been a struggle for many of us coping with the health of family and friends. This self portrait began as something quite different. It began as a portrait of a couple not facing each other- the title was to be " We don't even speak the same language anymore". I was struggling with his face. While watching a British series "The Spanish Princess" I saw a man with a birdlike mask on- commonly used during the plague in the 18th century, worn by physicians to protect them from airborne diseases. I saw an immediate connection with my painting- as I had already created her face using an advertisement in Chinese, suddenly the painting had turned a corner. His arms were created using skins shed from a common snake, and a vinyl coating from metal grating- relating to the shedding of the virus. As I mentioned this is a self portrait, the man, my husband may have had mild but deeply concerning symptoms of the Corona virus.

20x25, 2020 $1685. Mixed Media Painting
I created this painting to generate a conversation about race and the words that are used to define us. It is about having pride in one's lineage. The background texture and rolled paper hair are made from torn pieces of a vintage dictionary, a nod to words that are used to describe people of color when the book was published. The title was inspired by a vintage photo of race cars that make up part of his face.

Mixed Media Painting-36x48, 2020 $1775.
The Fabric of Their Friendship is about the connection women have with each other. The bond stabilizes them in difficult times, offering an umbrella to share to weather difficult times.
In the left figure I incorporated parts of a 1940's silk dress with blue parasols in the neck and torso. I found the dress in an abandoned house when I was 17. The woman's blue hair is a photo I took of large tropical leaves, digitally tinting the image.

Mixed Media Painting on canvas, 18 x 24, $850. 2020
This colorful mixed media painting is about speaking out for the rights of all people. The current administration has made it more imperative to speak out for our rights and get to the polls to vote for change. How is it that in 2020 women are still being denied the right to make decisions for their own bodies? When will gun laws be strengthened so that we all feel safe? When will our country get back to political civility? " RISE, SPEAK,REPEAT"

36x36, 2020. Nov.2-Dec.31 on view at the Sun Trust Gallery, 919 E. Main St, Richmond, VA
$1525. Mixed Media Painting. This abstract figure is a mixed media painting created using vintage men's silk dress shirt, 18th century French letter, canvas, paper,paint.

36x24, 2019, $1200. "Faith" is a mixed media painting about the journey we take in relationships. How we navigate the ups and downs with an open mind and heart.

Mixed Media Painting, 30x40, 2020. $2275.
This painting is about shared history in relationships as referenced in the whitewashed film negs. The upper corners (vintage fabric) encloses them in their story. He looks away from her as he recalls words said previously. She stands straight, somewhat regal, righteous- confident in who she is and what she wants.

Mixed Media 12x12, $585, 2020
"Mod Roots" is a mixed media collage on stretched canvas.
It is about finding one's roots and carrying oneself proudly. The mod black and white collage is a nod to the 1970's when the movie Roots was on television. It brought a new appreciation to the black experience and what their ancestor's endured in slavery.

2019 Mixed Media Painting, 24x24 , $950.
The complexity of world events, fast moving and observed in real-time, elevates one's imperfections. Inspired by the political and social-sexual actions of flawed men. It speaks to a breakdown of civility between men and women, esteemed world leaders and elected officials.

9x12 mixed media on paper., 2020. $475.

20"x16", 2020, $1375. Framed
I created Reconstructing Lineage to portray the beauty of multicultural backgrounds. With the popularity of the show Finding Your Roots" and the website ancestry.com, many of us are looking more closely into family history. This mixed media painting celebrates the blending of family lines. Flipping through family photo albums I recognize myself in family members from many generations removed. We want to know who were our people, where were they from, what did they look like?

16x20, 2020, Mixed Media Painting. $585.

12 x 12, 2020, $485.
2020 has been a year filled with adversity. Some handle troubles better than others. This woman is looking within for strength to take on each day.

24x24, $1275. This mixed media painting was originally created in 2018 and updated in 2020, to reflect racism and family history. It expresses how the younger woman sees herself, and how she is seen by her elder. Coming together to bridge racial divide in this country through education.

22x28, Mixed Media Painting, 2020 $985
"Scratching the Surface is a mixed media painting about race in America. The white surrounding surface has been scratched out to get below the surface of racism in White America. Parts of her hair were created using images I took of a staircase in Italy and black metal hangers.
Note: the horse( race), tunnel (vision)

16x20, 2020 $590.
AMERIKA is a mixed media painting about Racial and Social Justice. Words and actions matter, the rise of hate groups and the failure of President Trump to call them out for their vile racist statements is very concerning in 2020.

The Black Lives Matter protests include people of diverse backgrounds. They are standing up to a government unwilling to speak out against hate and violence against people of color.

16x20, Mixed Media Painting, 2020 $590.
Sticks and Stones is about race relations in America. Slave trade ships that are a part of many African American's family history of being brought to this country. The rise of white nationalists during the Trump presidency resulting in huge BLM protests against the hate groups and the present administration. This mixed media painting is a conversation about black lives matter, and the need to heal.

24x18, $1010. 2020 . Mixed Media Painting
Systemic racism is experienced every day in this country. We as a nation rise up and say enough. Statements being made by trump have stirred his supporters to rally for white nationalism at a time that many of us are saying No More. Take down the monuments that glorify the Confederacy, remove and jail police that abuse, harass and kill black people.

20x24, 2020 , $850. This mixed media collage on stretched canvas is an abstracted view of 2 figures; one searching for a lost figure.
Materials used: a portion of a 19th century French letter, torn pages from a French book, cardboard, recycled envelopes, fabric, portion of 1925 dictionary page ( recline, reclining, recluse, reclusive, recognition), vinyl pieces, rice paper, acrylic paint.

24x18, $875. 2020 Mixed Media Painting
"Deep Roots, Heavy Load" is about what is passed down through family, Standing on the shoulders of those that came before her. Self awareness, sense of pride, building a better life for oneself.

This mixed media painting illustrates what is inherited and what is learned. The chalkboard background is the traditional education we receive. She takes pride in her heritage and uses education to unlock doors to achieve greatness. She wears the crown to show she is worthy of respect. The wide eye on the left is awareness, the right references humility.

On the right is a photo of an African mask, trade beads and an elder’s raised fist. Her ancestor’s are always with her.

20x24 $585.
Racism has been passed down generation to generation. Photos of politicians, actors in blackface makeup used as a costume are finally being called out for the racist connotations. We as a nation are discussing the hurt felt by people of color when they are mocked.

Mixed Media Collage, Framed size 23 x 19, $850. (Framed, Archival Mat, Museum Glass )

25" x 19", $1100. Framed ,Mixed media collage, Archival Mat, Framed
This mixed media collage is about communications in the 21st century. I incorporated white envelopes that arrive with bills and junk mail as a border to this portrait. Fewer people are reading physical newspapers and receiving snail mail. The lower portion of the portrait is a painting I photographed. incorporating it with cut paper to create his portrait. His teeth are from a magazine photo of a wooden railing, contrasting the updates in the 21st century. This portrait would look great in a modern home.

40x30, 2019, $1200. There is a synergy about the way this couple connects. "The interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects." This figurative work was inspired by the trilogy books "She, He and We" written by Robert Johnson. “We, Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love.”
“One of the most important insights in the myth for women is the degree to which most men unconsciously search for their lost feminine side, for the feminine values in life, and attempt to find their unlived feminine side through woman.”
This is a mixed media painting on stretched canvas.

Mixed Media Painting, 48x30, Diptych , $2160.
This mixed media painting is about people's expectations in relationships. She is caught up with her fertility clock running out, love, marriage, happy endings. He is the architect of his life, it sounds good in his head, just not so much on paper...Life happens when you're not paying attention.
Love, passion, happiness, family- it's all there if you let it

36"x24", Mixed Media on Stretched Canvas. 2020, $1685.

This collage on canvas, celebrates love, passion and history. It illustrates love in an earlier time when couples married without much knowledge of the other.
The vintage scalloped linen illustrates her vulva embroidered with "HIS". Vintage lace, silk, photograph, cardboard, leather, shells, canvas and gaffer tape were incorporated into this unique piece.

30x24, 2019, $950. Growing up we expect to find ever-lasting love and happiness. The young woman who carries her desire for love and happiness in the tv ( herself as a girl in the vast ocean looking to the horizon - her future.
He stands straight with an unsettled look. He leads with his sexuality, she her fairytale dream.
I am fascinated by the practice of elongating women’s necks in African and Southeast Asian cultures. (“Within Africa’s Ndebele tribe, the women of the tribe wear copper and brass rings around their necks. The rings are given to the women by their husbands and worn as a sign of faithfulness, and were once removed only after the women died”
The metallic paint(between them)is the chemistry they have together. She is holding a paper (from a 1925 music book) that states “Lover” - the “r” obscured so as not to label him as much as what they have together.

36x24, 2019 $1675. "La Femme" literally means Look for The Woman. This mixed media painting is an abstracted figure of a woman. I have incorporated pages from a vintage dictionary from a pages with the words Woman, Womankind, Procreate and Procrastinate. In addition, there are 2 pages from a French letter dated 1771, vintage netting, roots and a seed pod.

24" x 30", 2019 , SOLD. mixed media painting. "Americans" is a painting about the racial divide. It saddens me that we as a nation continue to suppress diversity and equality for people of color. The social imbalance enters their relationships. Some men have fewer opportunities and are made to feel inferior. They have to try many doors before one opens to them. She's a queen- wears the crown, when she enters a room she wants you to know she has arrived.
Mixed media: created using cut paper, original photographs, paint, charcoal.

15x12, collage on paper, 2019 $465.
Just like religion, people and political heads of state need to rethink how we treat each other. Our country is a crossroad- will we learn from past mistakes and give a hand to lift everyone up?

30x24, 2019, $1000. The Threads That Bind Us" is a figurative piece is about relationships. Uniting with a soulmate makes us whole. The purity and ease with which we are one with each other. How we can finish each others sentences, know what the other is thinking. When we finally find each other we are complete.

36" x 24", , mixed media collage, 2018 $1650.
Running with wind in her hair is a joyful image of a carefree woman-girl.
This is a mixed media collage made up of grey, blue and silvered papers. A matte finished fabric has been layed over silvered paper.

24x24, 2020, $775. This mixed media painting on stretched canvas is about racism experienced in America. It's dark ,ugly and not so subtle.