The opening of my current show was Feb 4, in the middle of a storm. The power was out and we had to rely on the generator but it was a fun gathering. The Artist Talk will be March 28, 6-8 pm. Refreshments served. Hope you can come.
Homestead Valley Community Center, 315 Montford, Mill Valley, CA
My current series, Women of Color and Accomplishment, was started as a result of my research into the BLM movement in 2020. Learning about many Black women who had done incredible things despite major obstacles, I decided to honor those women by painting their portraits.
Check out the talk I gave at the closing of my show at Community Media Center of Marin on August 31, 2023.
Although I have been painting this series since 2020, I also have some of my prior work out on loan for home staging by Visual Jill.
Here are some of my most recent works.
My most recent paintings (above) are from my third book in the series: Women of Color and Accomplishment: Doing the Right Thing. It will be published in October of 2023.
Women of Color and Accomplishment (The 1st Book) is available on online and at my studio. It contains 31 portraits and brief bios.
Women of Color and Accomplishment: Fighting for Equality was published in October, 2022 with 30 additional portraits and bios of historical Black women of achievement. This book is available online or at my studio. Here are a few of the women who are in this book.
Alice Ball
Juliette Derricott
bell hooks
Constance Baker Motley
Elizabeth Jennings Graham
Fannie Wall
Ida B. Wells
Barbara Johns
Mary Jane Patterson
Mary Shadd Cary
Mary Church Terrell
Phillis Wheatly
Coretta King
Maria P. Williams
Nina Simone
Lydia Flood Jackson
Anna Douglass
Anna Mangin
Elizabeth Eckford
click on link above to go to the post about each woman
Ruby Bridges
Dot Counts
Elizabeth Eckford
Ida Rollins
Maggie Walker
bio
Anna Julia Cooper
Ella Sheppard
Diane Nash