flowers - Limited Edition on Metal, Custom Framed

Limited edition multimedia on metal with a custom frame. This art piece is a 1 of 1. Art is 5x7 in. that floats on a mat inside a larger mat. With frame, the art is 10x12 in.

the story behind the art: This art piece is part of digital abstract series I painted where I gave myself permission to play and not worry about if someone else would like it or if the piece would sell. I was still numb to the killing of Tyre Nichols, but the emotions started to come through some of the pieces in this series. I subconsciously expressed it through references to other slain Black folks, civil rights leaders, and the general perpetual loss of Black lives. There are a few odes to Basquiat, who died of an overdose. Drugs have been pumped into Black spaces causing epidemics for decades—another chain around our necks. Harvest makes me think of our West African heritage. And some of the pieces are purely playful and fun—a harkening to a time of innocence. This piece is named after a 2020 BLM protest photograph by Makayla K. Hopkins titled Flowers for George.