VIEW IN MY ROOM
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Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 48 W x 60 H x 1.5 D in
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(Please send all inquiries to curator@saatchiart.com) I’ve always felt like we were more than friends. Even when we were kids, I looked at you as part of my sister clan. You’ve always felt like family. I know you have secrets and painful memories that you’ve had to heal yourself from. And, somehow, you remain soft and forgiving. I admire you for that. I remember coming by your house one year when I was home from college. when Lilian was still a baby. I pulled up in your driveway, you came over to my car and pushed this little round thing through the window into my arms. I felt all of those familiar feelings that people experience when they get to hold a loved one’s child for the first time. I was surprised at how small but heavy she was at the same time. I felt like that was a mark of a healthy baby. Most of all, I was taken by how much she looked like a tiny version of you. Like, she is you recreated, and how beautiful that is. The last few times I went home from Chicago, we weren’t able to work out a visit. I didn’t feel great about it, but that's life I guess. So when I received your virtual birthday invitation, I made up my mind that I would go back to Cleveland specifically to see you. I thought back to how lonely I felt on my 31st birthday and when my brother called how I cried to him over the phone. On the inside I felt isolated. I wanted you to know that I still cared even though my time home was quickly becoming compromised. I kept reminding myself that, this time, I needed to be there. Being face to face and seeing how your eyes light up when you tell a story sent a boost of positive energy to my heart. Maybe you didn't know it, but you helped ME that night. There is power in our friendship and the length of time that we have known each other holds a special kind of significance. That night, I was reminded of how important it is for us to continue to show up in one another’s life.
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:48 W x 60 H x 1.5 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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For me, creating art is a transformative practice that is necessary for self exploration and acceptance. I am primarily a self-taught artist and I paint because I find it to be enormously therapeutic and rewarding. As a black woman artist, I never want to be stereotyped or put into a box as I will always give myself the freedom to shift my focus between different mediums and subjects, real or abstract. I began oil painting my junior year in college after signing up to spend a semester in Aix-en-Provence, France at the Marchutz School. At that point, I had only dabbled with acrylic paint. I didn’t know the love that I would eventually develop for oil painting. The semester that I spent in Aix was life altering. I felt like a door had opened and I was becoming acquainted with my true self and purpose. At Marchutz, much of the formal studies that we did were based on how to see the world from a painter’s perspective with a particular focus on classical impressionism. Over the next decade I continued to keep my passion for oil painting close. I have taught myself new techniques, moved my studio across the country from Seattle to Chicago, shifted my focus between different genres, dabbled in NFTs, gained representation with the Martin Gallery, exhibited at The Other Art Fair, worked with galleries and clients internationally, received the 35 under 35 Rising Star award from Saatchi Art, elevated my business and made my art collectible by producing limited edition prints. As an artist, I believe I get to build my own path and provide a beautiful experience for others that is both healing, thought provoking.
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