What does a cat see in a candle flame that I can’t? That was the question circling in my head the night I started this drawing. The glow turned my own house pet into something ancient, her eyes becoming little…
Read more → Halloween Cat Drawing Glowing With Candlelit Magic
It was past midnight in my studio, one small candle going, and a cat curled somewhere in my memory while I worked. I remember the flame leaning sideways and throwing this gold light across the paper, and I thought to…
Read more → Halloween Cat Drawing: Hand-Drawn Prints for Cat Lovers
How do you draw a woman who is carrying everything and somehow still standing tall? That was the question circling my mind when I started this piece. I didn’t want to sketch perfection, because perfection isn’t the truth of motherhood.…
Read more → Super Mom Drawing: Honoring the Quiet Strength of Mothers
The black women art I create captures the natural queen in every Black woman — and that queenhood doesn’t require a physical crown to be real. This morning, while adding final touches to portrait 91, something hit me. Every Black…
Read more → Remarkably Bold Black Women Art Portraits of Natural Queens
I’ll be honest about something I rarely admit: for a long time I worried that what I make wouldn’t last. I’d finish a portrait, feel proud for an evening, then quietly wonder if any of it would matter beyond the…
I want you to feel seen the moment your eyes land on one of these portraits — recognized, exalted, and certain that you were always meant to be here. That is the feeling I chase in every piece, and it…
A crowned woman dissolving into stars — that is where this collection begins, and where every piece carries the weight of women who were never supposed to make art at all. When I first learned about Edmonia Lewis, the first…
Read more → Black Women Art Portraits Rooted in History and Light
So much of the art made about Black women feels strangely empty to me. It reaches for power but lands on a pose. It looks polished, yet it forgets the soul underneath. The divine feminine energy in my black women…
A crown of natural hair spreading outward like a galaxy — that is where most of my portraits begin, with a face that refuses to be small. For me, black women art isn’t simply about creating beautiful images. It’s about…
Read more → Black Women Art: Portraits Painted With Grace and Reverence
A woman with her afro spreading wide like a galaxy, eyes holding centuries — that is where this whole collection begins. “Why do you paint them so powerful?” someone asked me about my work yesterday. I laughed. I don’t paint…
Read more → Black Women Art: A Tribute to Culture and Legacy
