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African queen Speaks to the claiming and reclaiming of sovereignty for all women for particularly, black women of African descent. Sovereignty speaks to the knowledge of self reign. It is a prayer for the return of self-care self-love self esteem. An ability to stand in dignity and be respected. That’s how it should be, and shall be.

My early art career was in botanical illustration which is all about precision and correct representation. Then, I moved into liquid paint techniques. I choose colors, focus myself and then pour the paint onto the canvas. It makes its own art! I interpret it like a Rorschach test, refining, I remove the excess, the way a sculptor would carve away the obscurations to the form. I combine the precision of reality with the metaphorical vision arising from within… Mixing Symbolic Art with abstract expressionism and magical realism. In 2016 I won grand prize in a national climate change Gallery show featuring meaningful multimedia art. You can read more of my biography and see notes on my process at my website:...