Installation Artwork
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world.
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1990Approx. 96" h X 196" w X 12" d for each of the 9 free standing figures.
Pine boards, black paint, text, tar paper collage.
Based on a dream I had envisioning my African ancestors who rebelled against the inhumane practice of enslavement.
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2002Three figures range from 78”-102” h x 36”-48” dia.
Wood, found objects, photo collage, wire, acrylic.
Sculptural portraits surrounded by canvas silhouettes. In order from left-to-right is Expatriate Heart, Mother Home and Wild Child.
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2002Three figures range from 78”-102” h x 36”-48” dia.
Wood, found objects, photo collage, wire, acrylic.
Sculptural portraits surrounded by canvas silhouettes.
Mother Home represents my mother, her body as a table set with nine eclectic cups and saucers with photo transparencies of each of her children—these objects are set on a table collaged in maps of their birth places.
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2002Three figures range from 78”-102” h x 36”-48” dia.
Wood, found objects, photo collage, wire, acrylic.
Sculptural portraits surrounded by canvas silhouettes.
Wild Child is my self portrait depicting the creative, free spirited child that is still the foundation of my creativity.
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2002Three figures range from 78”-102” h x 36”-48” dia.
Wood, found objects, photo collage, wire, acrylic.
Sculptural portraits surrounded by canvas silhouettes.
Expatriate Heart portrays my father, his absence from the family and the visual narrative of our search for him.
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2009SIP panels, plywood, salvaged and found objects
10’ w x 11’ h x 7’ d
In this group exhibition where artists were commissioned to imagine a future both personal and cultural, I shared my dream of “Home” by constructing a mobile art dwelling from salvaged materials, blending the concept of home with narrative art. This installation led to the creation of the fully functioning mobile NOMAD artist-in-residence that continues to inspire new creative community projects to this day.
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2011SIP panels, plywood, salvaged and found objects
10’ w x 11’ h x 7’ d
The CAAM installation was gifted by me to the R Cloud House Artist Residency in Watts. I collaborated with property owner Janine Watkins and Rosie Lee Hooks, Director of The Watts Towers Arts Center. In addition to the residency, we collaborated on programming and exhibitions. As I worked towards fulfilling my dream of the Nomad, I transformed what was once a vacant property into an active artist residence. I created a fully functional space to live, a working studio, and an edible garden.
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2015The Nomad’s first major tour venue was the historic Vision Theatre in Leimert Park, where it was featured as a micro-storytelling stage during their four-day theatre festival. I was granted this opportunity by an invitation from James Burke, the founder of the African Marketplace. My informal storytelling porch attracted the residents of the community, both housed and un-housed. It was a deeply meaningful experience of sharing and listening to extraordinary stories, and the powerful response encouraged me to pursue a full residency there. However, the district was unable to approve the project at that time.
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2023Approx. 12' w x 24' l x 9.5' h.
Found objects, metal, wood, glass, plastic, cardboard, live edge wood panels, wood dowels and poles, jute twine, gravel.
The absence of my own studio during the pandemic years led me to deeply miss a dedicated creative space. This sacred space of inspiration and practice is where I’ve assembled objects I’ve found or have found me. At one time in storage, each object from my past and present comes together in this installation with its own story to tell, collectively narrating my life. Assembled by placement only, they can immerse viewers into an epic journey of memory and connection.