My work explores memory, identity, and cultural lineage through oil portraiture on reclaimed wood—surfaces that carry histories of their own before the first brushstroke is made. The grain, knots, and imperfections become part of each composition, transforming what has been overlooked into a foundation for stories of reclamation, resilience, and presence.

Rooted in Contemporary Afro-Realism, my practice centers Black womanhood and the broader African, African American, and Afro-Caribbean diasporas. Through richly pigmented color, layered texture, and figures interwoven with flora, fauna, mythology, and cultural symbolism, I examine the relationship between ancestry, lived experience, and the ways identity is carried across generations.

The use of reclaimed wood is both material and philosophy. Its grain becomes a visual language for lineage and inherited memory, while the act of transforming discarded material mirrors the narratives within the work: what has been overlooked is made visible; what has been cast aside is given permanence.

These works are created not simply to be viewed, but encountered—to invite reflection, recognition, and sustained dialogue between the figure, the material, and the viewer.