About Me

Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in June of 1997, I thought black people were the majority as a child. I was surrounded with black individuals. I mean, individuals! So, when I, just before my high school years, moved the predominately white town of Conway, Arkansas, I was completely out of my element. I had to find myself and reidentify who I was. Making art helped me do that. I could no longer be just another black girl in the sea of strong-willed, black people that was my hometown and family. I stood out and was questioned about my blackness. All the anxiety and emotion that came with learning and defining who I am presented itself in my art. Because of the self-preservation came with art for me, I became so prepared for my college art career. After graduating in May of 2015, I knew I was coming to UCA. I’ve made it into my second year in college and have just finished my first large art project, the Halloween Tree. I am now focusing on expressing who I am and what I believe.

Currently pursuing a BA in Art and minors in Honors Interdisciplinary Studies and Mandarin Chinese at the University of Central Arkansas, I am a Honors Student and Performance Scholar. I have been doing commissions and freelance art since 2012 and continues to do so as I research for my Honors Thesis on the Western reactions and European reactions to African art within three essential time periods. The earliest time period being the very late 1800s and early 1900s. The second is the World War stage, and the most recent is the Age of Obama or Post-Racial period. The thesis is entitled, "The Impact of African Art and Aesthetics on the Western World.”

As an artist, I tend to choose to emphasize expression over concept, form over ideal. My work mainly consists of the human form in vivid form, in various poses and expressions while remaining conscious and purposely inclusive. All colors and forms deserve equal attention. I don’t feel the need to say much about my work. I prefer, now, to let my work speak for itself. The skill and concept will be there. There’s no need to spell it out for my audience. As African American and as a woman, I was never given the opportunity to explain who I was and what I was about; people just made their assumptions and impressions when they saw me. That’s the world I let my work live in.