"The work of the artist is no light matter. Few have the courage and stamina to see it through. You have to make up your mind to be alone in many ways. We like sympathy and we like to be in company. It is easier than going it alone but alone one gets acquainted with himself, grows up and on, not stopping with the crowd. It costs to do this. If you succeed you may have to pay for it as well as enjoy it all your life. You can do anything you want to do. What is rare is actually wanting to do a specific thing. Wanting it so much you are practically blind to all other things, so that nothing else will satisfy you. There is reason for you to give this statement some of your best thought. You may find that this is just what is the matter with most of the people in the world; that few are really wanting what they think they want and that most people go through their lives without ever doing one whole thing they really want to do."- Robert Henri

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Series "Dirty Rice"

Guess whose back! Just to let everyone know what's been going as far as my absence from the site.   Recently I've finally moved up to San Francisco to attend the Academy of Art University and I'm loving the school and city so far.  Luckily I was fortunate enough to have some great instructors from the start.  Between preparing for my move up here, and actually getting settled here, it's been damn near impossible to find any time to just get back to my place of continuous artwork and practice.  However, now that I've been here for a little bit I'm able to put over 100% focus on what it is I love.  I'll be posting pics and videos live from some my adventures in the big city soon so stay posted.  Here's a current piece I'm working on to start off a personal series titled "Dirty Rice" which will depict my interpretations of the way African Americans have had to continue in the struggle for equality, but more-so the way many African Americans have had to brush negativity and racism.  Often times the racism (similar to today) was very subtle but nonetheless very present and destructive.  As Blacks we've come a very long way but there is a past that our future youth will be ignorant of.  Taught, yes. But not by mouth of everyone.  Hope you enjoy it as it comes.
 
  
 

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