I create universes and environments that reflect opposing themes. These expansive spaces express more than one feeling at a time. More than one idea. The Black experience is ever changing and ever evolving, and I want my work to reflect that same attitude. The backgrounds in my paintings are generally in motion while the figure is still. This is a pattern that I have had for a while in my work. What does it mean to feel stuck when everything around you is going at such a fast pace and constantly changing? The figure being still, represents this idea of going at one’s own pace but realizing that everything around them is going faster. It’s a hard realization and something that I struggle with in my daily life. The motionless figure evokes uncertainty while everything else surrounding them keeps going. You cannot fight time or go against it, it will always end up going at a faster pace. In my paintings, using mixed media, high-key colors, dynamic compositions and whimsical scenes, I bring these themes that relate to my experience, and the Black experience at large through the language of self-portraiture.

Realizing that said experience isn’t a monolith and varies from person to person is something that I keep in mind when I paint. through the language of self-portraiture, i bring my experiences as well as the ones I encounter.

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