BLACK & WHITE DRAWINGS & PAINTINGS
WOMEN OF THE VILLAGE
WOMEN ARE THE KEEPERS OF FAMILY VALUES, TRADITIONS AND OUR NATURAL RESOURCES, OUR CHILDREN.
AFRICAN QUEEN
SHE IS AN ICON OF BEAUTY
UNFINISHED
THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF YOUNG BLACK MEN ARE VALUABLE. THE MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE. WE, THE VILLAGE MUST HELP THEM REACH ADULTHOOD BY CONTROLLING OUR ENVIRONMENT
WEUSI
SWAHILI WORD MEANING BLACKNESS..
DINNER FOR FOUR
MY FIRST VISIT TO AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT IN MERATE, ITALY.
CHILLIN AT THE CLUB
REMEMBERING GOING TO THE JAZZ CLUBS IN HARLEM IN THE LATE 60'S
OF GREATNESS
THE ABILITY TO FACE ALL COMPETITION FACE TO FACE AND OVERCOME ALL DIFFERENCES.
LACE AND FLOWERS
THE HOUR IS NEAR YET SHE SITS PATIENTLY IN LACE WITH FLOWERS.
SPIRITUAL RHYTHMNS
THIS MURAL SIZED PAINTING, 5X10 FEET,IS DEPICTING THE AFRICAN JOURNEY
CONTINUING THE JOURNEY I
IN 2016, I DECIDED TO ADD TO THE MURAL SIZED WORK STARTED IN 2008.
CONTINUING THE JOURNEY II
THE SECOND MURAL SIZED DRAWING OF THIS SERIES CREATED IN 2016.
BEFORE THE MAYFLOWER
EAST AFRICA, 200,000 YEARS AGO, THE BIRTHPLACE OF HOMO SAPIENS THEY DEVELOPED DIVERSE POLITICAL STATES AND NATIONS
SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO GIVE RESPECT TO YOUR HIGHER POWER. THERE IS NO WRONG WAY TO BELIEVE IN HOPE
KEEPING TIME WITH MY HEART
THE BEAUTY OF LOVE IS THE RHYTHM OF THE HEART IN SINC WITH THE HARMONY OF TWO SOULS
DREAMS OF A NATION
FROM SLAVERY TO THE WHITE HOUSE THE DREAM IS BECOMING CLEARER
A SWEET ROLL & COFFEE
AFTER A NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN
ENVIROMENTAL FACTORS I
COVID-19 IS REAL. PRACTICE SAFE DISTANCING AND WEAR A MASK.
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS II
COVID-19 IS REAL. BE SAFE OR BE SORRY.
OBA & QUEEN MOTHER
THE MOTHER AND FATHER OF THE VILLAGE. THE LEADERS AND CARETAKER.
MADONNA & CHILD
A MOTHER AND A NEWBORN CHILD.
EVERYTHING IN TIME
DEVELOPE YOUR DREAM WITH A PLAN IN MIND.
HIS JOURNEY
EVERYONE TRAVELS AT A DIFFERENT SPEED WITH A DIFFERENT VISION, TO THY SELF BE TRUE.
A FLASHLIGHT IN QUEENS
2015, TRYING TO GET TO THE AIRPORT, I WAS TRAPPED IN THE SNOWSTORM
RITUALS
FROM LATIN-RITUALIS, RITUS, RITE-A CEREMONY CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF ACTIONS PREFORMED IN A PRESCRIBED ORDER.
MY LINES ARE NEVER STRAIGHT
OUR ETERNAL JOURNEY
CEREMONIES & RITES
THE TRADITIONS OF THE ANCESTORS ARE STILL A PART OF TODAYS WORLD. THE HOLIDAYS OF EASTER AND CHRISTMAS ARE THE TWO MOST FAMOUS.
THE TARO CARD PLAYERS
BETTER KNOWN AS TAROT CARDS, THEY COME IN A DECK OF 78 WITH 5 SUITES COMMONLY USED TO TELL FORTUNES.
BIRD WATCHING
WHEN CHICKS MATURE, THEY LEAVE THE NEST.
gimme the 411
IN ALL COMMUNITIES, STREET TALK IS THE FASTEST MEANS OF SPREADING THE 'WORD' NEWS, ALSO KNOW AS THE 411.
MR. JACK
SITTING BACK, MR. JACK, MAXING AND RELAXING. KEEPING HIS EYE ON THE PRIZE.
TATTERED BLUE JEANS
WE, THE ADULTS, NEED TO BE MORE PRO ACTIVE IN HELPING CHILDREN KEEP HOPE ALIVE.
A COLD ONE AFTER WORK
FERTILITY SYMBOLS
MALE AND FEMALE FERTILITY FIGURES PAINTINGS ON WOOD.
FAMILY
ICONIC FIGURES DESIGNED WITHIN THE BODIES OF THIS FAMILY REPRESENT THE GENERATIONS OF THIS KLAN.
ANGEL ON WHEELS
CHILDREN FLYIN UP AND DOWN THE STREET ON THEIR BIKES
THE SPOKEN WORD
THE ABILITY TO SPEAK USING PROSE AND RHYTHM TO CREATE MENTAL IMAGES
WHAT FLAG
LINE DRAWING 2018
NO BRAKES
LINE DRAWING 2018
TEARDROPS IN A SNOWSTORM
LINE DRAWING 2018
IN THE GARDEN ALONE
LINE DRAWING 2018
A QUEEN AND HER COURT
THE EROTIC ADVENTURES OF CLEOPATRA OR WAS IT ELIZABETH I, OR MAYBE IT WAS QUEEN VICTORIA LIKE IN VICTORIA SECRET
FAMILY IN AN URBAN SETTING
A COMMISSIONED WORK IN BLACK & WHITE
YAPPING
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
BIG FEET
THE LEGEND LIVES ON
NUBIAN QUEEN
DRAWING BY MARINA NEGRI MENTORED BY RD13
ANCESTOR WATCH
RECYCLED FLYER INTO A WORK OF ART 2018
TO & FROM
AWARENESS OF ONES DAILY JOURNEY
A GLASS OF VINO
TOMORROW IS PROMISED TO NO ONE
ISOLATED THOUGHTS
IN TIMES OF COVID-19, WE MUST BE AWARE OF PUBLIC CONTACT
IN MY DREAM
REFLECTION OF LIFE-THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE SOLUTIONS
NUDE STILL LIFE
A TWO MINUTE DRAWING IN CLASS 1994
STREET LIFE
HARLEM IS RICH IN SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
PREOCCUPIED
NOT SURE WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT SO I STOPPED. AS I LOOK BACK AT THIS DRAWING, I THINK THE DISTRACTION SERVED A PURPOSE
UNSPOKEN WORDS
TWO LOVERS GAZE UPON EACH OTHER WITHOUT SPEAKING THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR
AMONG THE CLOUDS
I SAW HER FACE
AMONG THE CLOUDS
SHE SPOKE TO ME
SOFTLY
I GAZED UPON HER
SO GENT WAS HER FACE
SHE SMILED BACK
MY SOUL WAS ABLAZED
AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAME
THE CLOUDS WERE GONE
AND ONLY MEMORIES
LINGER ON...RD13©
CIRCLE OF LIFE
THE CO EXISTENCE OF CULTURES AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN ALL THE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE VILLAGE
AFRICAN RHYTHMS
THE TEMPO OF THE VILLAGE IS THE HEARTBEAT PULSING TO THE MUSIC
THE ARTIST
A DOODLE FROM 1989
REMEMBERING WHEN
MY DAUGTHERS WERE MY MUSES
PSALM 101.........' LORD, OH HEAR MY CRY'......WE THE PEOPLE
A HOT SUMMER DAY
A QUICK SKETCH DRAWN WATCHING KIDS PLAY
AFRICAN COUPLE
MY ADAM & EVE