"Indigo Viola"  is a 24x48 acrylic on canvas, a deep, layered echo in my collection creatHER: constructing the Black Woman . As a study in contrasts to its emerald counterpart, this portrait is bathed in the resonant silence of indigo, a color that holds the depth of night and the quiet wisdom of the self. My Artistic Approach The journey to create this piece was profoundly shaped by sound. The color itself was pre-ordained by the architectural plan of the creatHER  collecti

The genesis of this seven-piece collection was a reckoning—a personal exploration of a Blackness  that, for years, I felt compelled to question. My years included being told I needed to be "twice as good" in the military, a harmful rhetoric that instilled a sense of perpetual deficit. This collection is the beautiful, audacious rejection of that scrutiny. It is a vibrant declaration that I am enough, and that all Black Women are unique and powerful. This work, titled creatHE

Remember that TED Talk I gave, "I Don't Like Your Friends"? It sparked so many conversations about the power of self-reflection and how...