Artwork
Harlem
1930-2021
Oil on canvas
46 in x 50 in
1981
Label:
“The act of painting is for me, as a woman, an
act of freedom, and a realization that images
generated by the female experience can be a
powerful and creative expression for all humanity.
My paintings are personal statements – extensions
of myself. I take a truth, an intimate emotion,
a question, an answer – and paint it. It is natural
for me to mediate upon reality rather than on the
romantic, and yet my work often results in a
mixture of both.”
As Exhibited In:
Our Own Work, Our Own Way, TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, February 12–April 17, 2020, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, January 21–May 21, 2023, The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA, April 27–September 8, 2024, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA, February 9–May 18, 2025