Today, July 4th, 2011, the celebration of our indepence also marks the day of beginnings for me; this is my first blog post ever. I am a visual artist (painter, illustrator and muralist). I also market prints of my work and plan to offer four new prints shortly.
Last month, I participated in a cultural art event that marked the Juneteenth Celebration, held at the Broward Historical Commission in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The event titled "The Lynching Eye" was a production in the form of choreo-poem, which combined dance and poetry. Spawned and translated from one author's perspective to another, the event told the story of Rubin Stacy by Summer Hill Seven. The "poemedy project" aspired to explore concepts for new language and organic theatre, while creating a fusion of voice, body and word. Alexis Caputo presented the event.
The painting in this post is titled "1962", which depicts another year in the era of quest for freedom in the US. It's amazing that approximately 100 years after the Emanicipation Proclamation we were still in struggle for freedom. We were freed from slavery and subsequently struggled for and gained the "freedom of expression". It's 2011 and it feels good to be free to paint and create whatever I feel and for the good of all mankind.
