Drawing | 9 x 12 inches
Why do I paint? I paint because I find it extremely challenging. I fell in love with art at an early age. Growing up in Washington, D.C. with a single mother of four boys, she knew she had to find our passion early. As a result, I discovered a passion for art after seeing a portrait of Frederick Douglass at the Frederick Douglass home in Anacostia. I was later mentored by renowned portrait painter Simmie Knox who was the first African American portrait artist to paint a sitting President. I sojourned to Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean’s and Europe where I had an opportunity to experience the world firsthand and to allow that experience to cultivate my artistic view.