Illustrate. Captivate. Educate.
🥊 Box the Box 🖼️
Don't let anything or anyone define you.
"The Lemonade Stand" Series
"The Lemonade Stand I" Canvas Print (Giclée) | Oil & Acrylic on Canvas | Original 30x40"
“The Lemonade Stand I” represents the realistic hands of a slave or former slave.
I originally did this piece years ago in pastel focusing on the peanuts. It was titled, “Carver’s Hands”, inspired by George Washington Carver. I deemed this series, “The Lemonade Stand” because he like many turned a sour situatio
"The Lemonade Stand II" Canvas Print (Giclée) | Oil & Acrylic on Canvas | Original 30x40"
“The Lemonade Stand II” represents the good, bad, and ugly in a surrealistic style.
The hands represent those that have been picked and pricked by cotton fields. They hold the scraps that were served as food to slaves such as fried chicken (to hide the smell of spoiled meat), and the remains of pigs.
"The Lemonade Stand III" Canvas Print (Giclée) | Oil & Acrylic on Canvas | Original 30x40"
"The Lemonade Stand III” is about the beauty that came out of the African Diaspora.
When I was in middle school, my parents gave me a poster that listed all the accomplished inventions instituted by Black scientists. I always stared at this list whenever in question or in doubt.
