Black Portrait Series:
2020 - Present

Visual exploration of my relationship to blackness and maleness during a time when racial labels were changing from negro to black

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This series is anchored by a few concepts:

Identity (the qualities, beliefs, personality, looks, and/or expressions that define how we see ourselves and the way others see us)

Culture (the way of life of a group of people)How culture shapes and informs a person’s identity

How culture and identity change over time

Wayne Thiebaud River Bend Farms oil on panel 11" x 14" Click to View Image

Chris Christion Chris Play Acrylic on Canvas 2024 Click to View Image

Chris Christion Grandmother Lola Acrylic on Canvas 2021 30" x 40" Click to View Image

Wayne Thiebaud River Bend Farms oil on panel 11" x 14" Click to View Image

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Influences:

Working with a richer and brightened color pallet influenced by nature, theater/ film lighting, and artistic styles developed in Northern California like those of Wayne Thiebaud and his former student Fritz Scholder. I apply these influences to familial portraiture using a distinctive range of complementary colors. The variety and complexity of color reflect the diversity of African American skin tones and features.

Black Portrait Series:
Homes & Churches
2020 - Present

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My father was a pastor, so many of the homes I grew up in were church parsonages (dwellings owned by a church and given to their minister to live in). These paintings are little portraits of the homes and churches my family served while growing up

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