Print Available on Imagekind. With this image, I took a very different approach than I usually did. First and foremost, I envisioned an image that was one solid concept, rather than a conglomeration of chaotic concepts. Second, I stuck to one set of colors, unlike my usual wide array. Like Read more…
Print available on Imagekind. This image began particularly as another experiment with trees, but it morphed into a pun on a well revered novel (by a well revered Minnesota author to boot.) I was also doing some playing with the markers to see how mixing them made an effect, and Read more…
Print Available on Imagekind. For “The Roots of Happiness” I kind of unintentionally started a trend of adding more meaningful, logical words to my images. This image started with the desire to draw a tree, and spread into something a bit more. Text reads: “The roots of happiness grow from Read more…
Inspired by henna designs and the interplay between geometry, flowers and faces…
Veiled figures, cities underneath veils, veils concealing cities….
Print Available on Fine Art America. This image is, to this day, one of my favorite in all the cityscapes I have ever drawn. The first goal of this image was to try taking up the whole page, after some friends suggested that my work was not “wall-hangable” for its Read more…
Print Available on Imagekind. “I am Complicated” was originally one of the very first images that I started. However, it wasn’t working out properly for quite some time, and I waited several months before completing it. It includes many of the same motifs as usual, and I didn’t try anything Read more…
One of my primary interests in the first images was depicting the cityscapes…
The Train City came shortly after “Lady of The Steam City” and I played with the smoke motifs, train motifs, and added in a little bit of headphones to boot.
Print available on Imagekind. Lady of the Steam City was the first time I used Bic permanent markers, which give the blended colors here. Done during Christmas time 2008, I was particularly interested in the old fashioned engines.
Shenandoah Valley The Shenandoah Valley stretches across much of West Virginia and Virginia, bordered on the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains and on the west by the south-eastern Appalachians. Over several visits to my father’s home in Staunton, Virginia, I have enjoyed capturing these ranges in all their seasons Read more…
Print and Card Available on Fine Art America. City Made of Color is one of my favorites, and is inspired by trotros, the colorful, sleepy city of Takoradi, and faces with a story to tell. The most important thing about this drawing, though, is that I was certain it wasn’t Read more…
Print on Imagekind. T-Shirt on Zazzle. Home for Thanksgiving weekend 2008, I began doodling in my sketchbook with sharpies I’d bought for a Halloween costume. I kept doodling, and things began to fit together in odd ways. I especially focused on the traffic and madness in the streets of Accra, Read more…
Rebekkah Before Nkros This is my best and most recent painting. It is a portrait of Rebekkah, a character who appeared out of nowhere after I returned from Ghana. She had a short story to accompany her, which I wanted to also turn into a novel, but it never came Read more…
Objects: Various Dates These are photographs of objects, close ups, or things that generally do not rely on an exact city or country for context.
Ghana: February 11 to June 14, 2008 Ghana was the first Sub-Saharan nation to claim independence from Britian, and is the oldest post-colonial state, dating back from 1957. Within Ghana, there is a plethora of history: ancient, colonial, and modern. From Kumasi, long ago capital of the Asante Empire, to Read more…
London: February 4 – 11, 2008 Before visiting Africa for the first time, I took my first stop-over in Europe. I spent almost the whole time wandering and photographing delightful architecture, crowds of people, and bus-jams.
Sundiata’s Daughter When I began sketching this, I was really looking at a way to make a statement through clothes. I wanted to use extravagant color schemes and an insane–if not garish–blend of traditional African textiles and old 19th century clothing. On top of it, I included odd and fantastical Read more…
The Swordwife Unveiled It took me several tries to get this image right, and there were many discarded paintings in my folder by the time I was finally able to say that this one was completed. I was spinning this tale around and around in my mind for months, and Read more…