EXPRESSING AND UNDERSTANDING

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In my mother's garden, we play, we grow, we learn, we heal. It is a place were negroes, nature, and nurture convene in the name of communal healing. It can be found many places, in small plots, but it's roots are always stretching: expanding, so more of our people can come play in the garden.

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Through gestural acrylic and oil lines, this painting creates a sense of healing through movement and welcoming warm colors reminiscent of pan-African movements known to us. The black gessoed canvas reminds us black is the base, the foundation from whence we start. It is assumed rather than questioned. 

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Part of the negroes nature nurture series.