Visual Art: Selected Works

Paintings, Collage, Built Objects, Illustrations, and ongoing Projects

I studied formally in film & fine art at Pratt Institute and currently live and work in Baltimore, MD.

I relish working with found and repurposed materials because I am enamored with the story implied in the object. Why was it discarded? What was its former life? Once I have created a painting, portrait, collage, or film using this material, does its previous life speak to its new context in a compelling way? This conversation/tension between an original piece and a subsequent creative use harkens back to sampling, as expressed in graffiti and hip hop, the creative garden in which I grew.

This theme also shows in my use of found footage/visual ephemera in my film and video work, the way my DJ sets mash technique and genre in unexpected ways.

As society and culture gets more disposable I want us to give another look at those things we throw away; I work to find the eternal in the temporary. Click Here to read my artists statement; view selected works below.

FEATURED: The King Must Die: Works on Paper, Canvas, and 12″ Vinyl

A series of works, primarily on reclaimed 12″ vinyl records, exploring expressions of intergenerational love, violence, protection, and magic within a decaying Afrofuturist patriarchy.

Paintings & Drawings: Selected works on Paper, Canvas, and Wood 2004-2016

Paintings

The Art Of Riding Giants

Giants live ten thousand years. To ride one, you must build a cigar the size of a canoe. The ride lasts as long as the cigar does, and during the ride, the giant must answer your questions.

The Cloud

The cloud is the source of truth; the language describing the ignorant is "those who run from the rain"

Seen

The image of a true prophet: seeing clearly through closed eyes and upraised hand

Blues People

The people have skin of many different hues but mostly described in shades of blue

Sunshine

Collage portrait, approx. 24x36". 2004.

The Queen and She Husband

Part of "The King Must Die" series, exploring expressions of intergenerational love, violence, protection, and magic within a decaying Afrofuturist patriarchy.