14x11
mixed media collage, embroidery on pigmented cotton base sheet, metallic embroidery thread, metal leafing & a laser printed copy of a 1959 photo of my dad, grandmother, uncle & family friends at Bayshore beach (the segregated Black side of Buckroe beach) in Hampton, Virginia.
10 x 15 mixed media collage, original photography, acrylic, colored pencil, digital painting
9 x 12 mixed media assemblage on art board with corrugated cardboard, oil pastels, archival family photos, acrylic and aluminum. (2023)
Inspired by Hush arbors—the secret places of worship created by enslaved Africans and their descendants to provide a haven for their faith practices away from prying eyes. Also heavily inspired by a mistaken double exposure image of my pre teen grandmother her sister & cousin outside of the church house in her hometown of Marion, South Carolina in 1939 (which I used as an anchor in the work) and The Gospel Caravans 1958 version of ‘Swing Low Sweet Chariot.’
11x17 collage black & white photograph printed on transparency color photo of grandmother’s wallpaper, metal leaf.
6x9 mixed media collage, corrugated cardboard, collard green anthotype (collard green emulsion) on cold pressed watercolor paper.
(2022)
12 x 12 mixed media collage with corrugated cardboard, family photos, oil pastel, embroidery, plastic, & fabric.
12x12
mixed media collage on paper, with corrugated cardboard, burlap, gold leaf, oil pastel on paper.
12x12 mixed media collage on corrugated cardboard, vintage and archival photography.
6x9 mixed media collage on paper
19x25 mixed media collage on paper with dried, pressed Queen Anne’s lace
19x25 mixed media collage on paper with dried pressed rue foliage.
digital collage