About Me
I am a Cultural Historian, Narrative Artist, and Curator.
My work sits at the intersection of faith, culture, and historical representation. As an artist based in Brooklyn, I create paintings that challenge familiar imagery and invite viewers to see a fuller, more truthful story. Whether I’m working in narrative, floral, or abstract form, my goal is the same: to honor identity, restore context, and create art that resonates with both personal and collective experience.
UNAPOLOGETICALLY JESUS (2025)
In 2025, I curated and exhibited in Unapologetically Jesus, a group exhibition hosted at St. Paul Community Baptist Church – Life Center. The idea began years earlier when I asked myself a simple but important question: What would it look like to portray Jesus through historical accuracy rather than the Western imagery many of us inherited?
Guided by Revelation 1:14–15, the exhibition centered Jesus as the Palestinian Jewish figure He is — restoring cultural and historical clarity to sacred imagery. During a conversation with Rev. Dr. David K. Brawley, the title Unapologetically Jesus emerged, perfectly capturing the heart of the project.
As curator, I brought together artists exploring identity, divinity, and culture. As an exhibiting artist, I contributed work that added to that dialogue, connecting spiritual tradition with contemporary visual practice.
ZION GALLERY: PAINTING IT FORWARD
Community is an essential part of my practice. At Zion Gallery, I helped lead the Painting It Forward initiative, a program created to support youth mentorship through art. Conceived by marketing expert Keith Forest, the project paired community leaders—lawyers, doctors, educators, business owners, and elected officials—with artists to create collaborative pieces.
Those works were auctioned to raise funds for a local male mentoring program, and the initiative was so impactful that it was held three times.
MY ARTISTIC PRACTICE
My work moves through several modes of expression.
In my floral pieces, I explore beauty, renewal, and resilience—images that reflect strength, growth, and becoming. My abstract works draw from emotion, gesture, and internal reflection, offering a more intuitive and internal dimension of my voice. Alongside my narrative and biblical pieces, these works form a practice grounded in cultural memory, spiritual inquiry, and the stories that shape who we are.
My work sits at the intersection of faith, culture, and historical representation. As an artist based in Brooklyn, I create paintings that challenge familiar imagery and invite viewers to see a fuller, more truthful story. Whether I’m working in narrative, floral, or abstract form, my goal is the same: to honor identity, restore context, and create art that resonates with both personal and collective experience.
UNAPOLOGETICALLY JESUS (2025)
In 2025, I curated and exhibited in Unapologetically Jesus, a group exhibition hosted at St. Paul Community Baptist Church – Life Center. The idea began years earlier when I asked myself a simple but important question: What would it look like to portray Jesus through historical accuracy rather than the Western imagery many of us inherited?
Guided by Revelation 1:14–15, the exhibition centered Jesus as the Palestinian Jewish figure He is — restoring cultural and historical clarity to sacred imagery. During a conversation with Rev. Dr. David K. Brawley, the title Unapologetically Jesus emerged, perfectly capturing the heart of the project.
As curator, I brought together artists exploring identity, divinity, and culture. As an exhibiting artist, I contributed work that added to that dialogue, connecting spiritual tradition with contemporary visual practice.
ZION GALLERY: PAINTING IT FORWARD
Community is an essential part of my practice. At Zion Gallery, I helped lead the Painting It Forward initiative, a program created to support youth mentorship through art. Conceived by marketing expert Keith Forest, the project paired community leaders—lawyers, doctors, educators, business owners, and elected officials—with artists to create collaborative pieces.
Those works were auctioned to raise funds for a local male mentoring program, and the initiative was so impactful that it was held three times.
MY ARTISTIC PRACTICE
My work moves through several modes of expression.
In my floral pieces, I explore beauty, renewal, and resilience—images that reflect strength, growth, and becoming. My abstract works draw from emotion, gesture, and internal reflection, offering a more intuitive and internal dimension of my voice. Alongside my narrative and biblical pieces, these works form a practice grounded in cultural memory, spiritual inquiry, and the stories that shape who we are.