Offsite Gallery solo exhibition March 21 – May 1
Black Voices & Visions on view through 04/03/26 to patrons during ticketed events. Free and open to the public during Arts at the Attucks free events.
“My art is a depiction of unity of all styles for people from all nationalities and backgrounds by delivering peace, hope and joy through positive illustrations on canvas and murals, I try to unify all my ideas, subject matters and talent for individuals from various backgrounds and upbringings to further the improvement of life through beauty of the visual arts for all people to enjoy also understand and accept our differences as artists also the spectators of art as we chase the idea of improving our society from an artistic point of view. My paintings are a representation of this ideal philosophy, I consider my creations on canvases a surreal expressionist style with bits of abstraction incorporated in some portions of my work, I’m constantly investigating and searching creative opportunities to display my creative voice, interpretations/ ideas to the world and the society we live in.”
ARTIST BIO: I’m an artist who resides in Norfolk, VA. I began my artistic journey as a child by drawing comic book characters and drawing landscapes soon I started to transition to charcoal drawings and suddenly started to use oil paints as my curiosity heighten my subject matter began to transform from comics to jazz musicians so I felt it was necessary to engage in this creative venture but soon after I started to study art and learned about various forms and styles and discovered cubism, abstract, expressionism and other prolific art movements as I began to explore these avenues of art. Soon after I started to travel off into different places around the US selling my work at galleries, outdoor venues, jazz clubs , storefronts and the Internet, I had a brief enrollment at The Art Institute of Dallas and continued to display and sell my work, constantly taking on artistic contracts such as small murals for public schools, colleges and live painting events for the public , my main goal is to continue to share my vision of art and personal ideas of beauty to the world as long as I have the opportunity to fulfill this need and desire that burns inside my soul.
EXPERIENCE:
NORFOLK BOTANICAL GARDEN: 2/2025 to 3/2025. Received award for most inspired artwork.
JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT MUSEUM: 2/2024 to 4/2024. Selected to participate in a Black History Month group exhibition.
SIDEWALK MURAL – VIBE ART DISTRICT – 4/2023 to CURRENT: One of several artists selected to paint sidewalk murals around the oceanfront area in Virginia Beach as part of a live painting event.
MURAL ARTIST (LIVE PAINTING) – THE VIRGINIA BEACH AFRICAN AMERICAN Cultural CENTER 6/2022 to 9/2022
Selected along with several other artists to complete a live outdoor painting in which the city provided the artists with 8′-20′ screen canvases on the boardwalk to create a painting.
PRIVATE SHOW – VIRGINIA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY – 7/2021 to 10/2021 James Wise Gallery: Exhibition of my expressionist and abstract paintings on their campus gallery.
MURAL PAINTING – LYNNHAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – 6/2021 to CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY: The VIBE art district and the principal of Lynnhaven Elementary School selected me to complete a large 10′ -15′ mural for the school’s cafeteria.
SMALL WALL MURAL PAINTING – VIRGINIA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY – 8/2021 to CURRENTLY DISPLAYED. The facilities management department at VWU which is contracted by Aramark Industries commissioned me to paint a wall mural in their breakroom of a beautiful tropical scene.
