Brown Paper Bag (Limited Edition) (2021) Style:Brown Paper Bag -Unframed-Limited Edition; 15 x 24 These women are not background—they

These women are not background—they are the moment

The girls are rooted in the historical experience of African-American people both distinct and enormously influential on American culture as a whole

persistence

we are only beginning to reckon with the natural beauty inherent across the color spectrum in all of us

Jubilee was inspired by Alvin Ailey's Cry

Brown Paper Bag (Limited Edition) (2021) Style:Brown Paper Bag -Unframed-Limited Edition; 15 x 24 These women are not background—theyBrown Paper Bag (Paper or Plastic) This painting highlights the brown paper bag and its role in African American oral history as a discriminatory colorist practice within the African American community. We can trace the brown paper bag test back to slavery when enslavers kept the lighter skinned enslaved inside. Today, we are only beginning to reckon with the natural beauty inherent across the color spectrum in all of us. (LIMITED EDITION 250).