Historical | a soldier story

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Each artwork has a historical reference

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**Seven Last Words**

Middle layer are 7 Black males portraits (who were slain killed by police) labeled with their last words. The top layer has Jesus’ 7 last words labeled. This piece connects the two sets of last words. The bottom layers are abstracted collages of each portrait (relating to the Holy Spirit).

FREEDOM RIDER series was Inspired by Erykah Badu’s “Window Seat,” I completed a poem & artwork about today’s Freedom Riders using past Freedom Riders.
- 1. Freedom Riders (Erykah Badu)
- 2. Rebel (Rosa Parks) sold

FLAG SERIES

*FLAG series*: “**Nine Civil Rights Leaders – Females**“

TWENTY-THREE Series – inspired by my poem “Twenty-Three” and created from 19 linocuts & 4 intaglio cuts of 23 different black males portraits of the sports world

(top image sold)

BLACK “LIFE” MATTER referenced artwork

**“Medgar”** *mixed media – oils over acrylics*

**“Lilies of the Field”** *Photo transfer background, oil over acrylic paint covered with art resin*

2016_7 Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday) — “Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday)” **sold**
*Acrylic paint, linocuts, newspaper articles, personal tagging, poetry, and art resin*