Inspired by the Nina Simone Song “Four Women”

These paintings are part of a series that celebrates the struggles, experiences, and strength of the black female body. 

I wanted to highlight the grace with which we carry all that we have to walk through life, things forced upon us and burdens not belonging to us.

“Strong enough to take the pain, inflicted again and again.”

There were times when we were down and we had to crawl to survive, times we had to run and wail to survive.  In all of that, and with all those experiences, still, we rise and walk triumphantly. Sometimes we walk like Peaches and are labeled ‘Angry’.