Between 2007 and 2015 I did a series on Ancestors. My parents had recently died and I wanted to honor them and other Ancestors. I’d also had two brothers die at an early age, so it was a way of processing my memories of them. A few of the paintings included self portraits such as… Continue reading Ancestors and Self
Month: August 2021
Mamie Clark
Mamie Phipps Clark 1929-2019 Mamie Clark was an American social psychologist who, along with her husband Kenneth Clark, focused on the development of self-consciousness in black preschool children. Clark received her post-secondary education at Howard University, and she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees there. For her master’s thesis, known as “The Development of Consciousness of Self in Negro… Continue reading Mamie Clark
Stagecoach Mary
Mary Fields aka Stagecoach Mary – 1832–1914 When Mary was about 60 years old, she was hired as a mail carrier because she was the fastest applicant to hitch a team of six horses. She was the first African American woman employed as a mail carrier in the US and the second woman to work… Continue reading Stagecoach Mary