The wood said "I am here taking this moment to breath out all that I was and breath in all that I can be."
2014- Acrylic on Wood
52 x 22 in., Framed
The Wood said "Your first birth put the boldness of life in your lungs... Your second birth put the pounding of drums in your heart... Your third birth put the fire of movement in your body... Now dance your way back home."
2014 - Acrylic on Wood
Unframed - 68"x10"
The wood said "Let me show you how to dance a bolero. The heartbeat keeps the rhythm of anticipation. His hand must show you that he can lead you and his arms must hold your dreams close."
2015 - Acrylic on Wood
28 x 13 in., Unframed
The wood said "... I dangle him straight and take his pain while I write it in the wrings of my memory. When I am done, then they can take him down and give him back to the earth."
2009 - Acrylic on Wood
24 x 24 in., Framed
The wood said, "His benediction shoots across the night sky for the purest of beings, and it's divine fire brightens their souls and expands our universe."
2007 - Acrylic on Wood
24 x 24, Framed
The wood said "I feed from the richness of the Bayou. I am seasoned with the Trinity and bless your belly."
2013 - Acrylic on Wood
Framed - 24"x24"
The wood said "For all those counted as lost above and below the waters that devestated all our lives in 2005."
Salvaged wood from Magnolia trees destroyed in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
2008 - Acrylic on Wood
6 x 26 in., Unframed
The wood said "You can call me a girl, a woman, or female, but you will always see a lady".
2002
30 x 17.5, Framed
The wood said "Look closely at the knots in my core. Don't you see that the heart of an angel makes up the soul of a man."
2003 - Acrylic on Wood
24 x 36 in., Unframed
The wood said "When families arrived at shelters, the first things that mothers did was wrap their children with blankets to their bodies so they would not be separated again by water or man."
Salvaged Magnolia from trees destroyed in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
2007
23 x 15.5 in., Unframed
In the Collection of Dr. Adelaide Russo, Baton Rouge
The wood said "Two men talking is like the drumbeat of your heart. Who can truly say that they control the pace of the conversation?"
2002 - Acrylic on Wood
29 x 17.5, Framed
The wood said "Root little pig or die... every farmers market or stand on the side of the road teaches you how to survive being credit poor and cash rich."
2015 - Acrylic on Wood
11.5 x 16.25 in., Unframed
The wood said "You may look at yourself but you are no longer She. You may hear yourself but your words are not Her's. Welcome to your new normal."
2015 - Acrylic on Wood
13 x 16in., Framed
The wood said "When an artist gets their first shot, they better be coordinated. We all have to work on our craft."
2015 - Acrylic on Wood
36 x 24 in., Unframed
The wood said "You touch me and I hear the sounds of violins. You kiss me and with each kiss my song begins. Your spring to me, all things to me".
2011 - Acrylic on Wood
10.75 x 7, Unframed
The wood said "To the applause of the sea, I will rise with the day".
2013 - Acrylic on Wood
24 x 24 in., Framed
The wood said "Let the dancers give movement to the vibrations in my soul and with their grace show mercy to my harsh truths".
2014 - Acrylic on Wood
27 x 27 in., Framed
The wood said "The one constant is that we all take the ride. So, I cover myself with rhythms as I go to my destination... Exposing my truths, desires, and fears."
2016 - Acrylic on Wood
48 x 24 in., Unframed
The wood said "I reached down to find the memories of my mother's cooking, of the whiff of your perfume when you turned the corner, of my summer days gone by".
2015 - Acrylic on Wood
26 x 14, Framed
The wood said "They will try to come for him one day, and they'll have to go through me to do it. So until then, keep playin' with the world mama gave you, baby".
2016 - Acrylic on Wood
24 x 18, Framed
The Wood said, "My life has been long and hard and my looks are almost gone... but I still want to be beautiful”
2005 - acrylic on wood
24” x 24” in.
The wood said "I am not what made me. I am not going to let the pain of my mother's heplessness or my father's rage allow you to judge me."
2005 - Acrylic on Wood
24 x 24 in., Framed
The wood said "You want me for what you see... but you despise me for what I show you... a soldier in the streets defending the one thing you can never touch...My tomorrow."
2010
24 x 24 in., Framed
The wood said "I've existed in my essence... birthing a renaissance. I suffer your ignorance as you try to define me, as you look into my universe. I'll wait... as you push into your consciousness."
2014 - Acrylic on Wood
24 x 24 in., Framed
The wood said "One soul inhabits many bodies. Coursing through time, we all tell the tales that ties us to pain, life, shame, joy, anger, and pride of our existance".
2014 - Acrylic on Wood
41 x 29, Framed
The wood said "In our lifetime, we must be able to discern when we are being charged and blessed. Both are not synonymous but they are equal in the weight and the responsibility."
2008
24 x 36, Framed
In the Collection of Dr. Joyce M. Jackson, Baton Rouge
The wood said "The boy in me knew her touch and called it Loved".
2014
28.5 x 20 in., Framed
In the Collection of Mr. Marc Ovid-DeSouza, Wailuka, HI
The wood said "We part the veil to see the reflection of our hope".
2003
30 x 17.5, Framed
In the Collection of - ANANYMOUS
The wood said "The sweetest thing I've ever known is a kiss on a collarbone..."
2012
60 x 48 in., Unframed
In the collection of Dr. Devyn S. Benson, Charlotte, NC