Ebony Drummer Painting My inspiration was female Harlem

My inspiration was female Harlem Renaissance jazz singers who held huge metal microphones with gorgeous

Acrylic Paint & Woodcut Print Collage on Gallery Wrap Canvas

and egalitarian

These are interesting sections from various jazz sketches where I mixed a minimal style of Abstraction and Cubism then added thicker acrylics for a richer color

we have always been second

Ebony Drummer Painting My inspiration was female HarlemFluid Acrylics on Paper 11" x 15" 2015 These jazz ensembles have been reduced to geometric shaped figures revealing the basic instrument highlighted with color. There is something about watching watercolors flow once they hit the water on paper. When enough water is added to fluid acrylics the flow is similar to watercolors. This series of jazz pieces are unique alone but more dramatic as a triptych; as a set of three; Trio, Lady Makes Three and