We praise your Holy Name

Acrylic on canvas 24"x 30"

We praise your Holy Name

This was a special project because I had a vision of people singing and shouting their praises to God. Everyone's hand was up in unison. This is one of the few ideas that thumbnail sketches weren't necessary. The vision was so clear that I immediately sketch it onto the canvas!

It takes place outdoors. The praisers are standing on grass. There is a vast blue sky. The sunshine is shining bright across the sky. 

The painting was reproduced on programs for a Mount Hermon Baptist Church conference workshop called “Back to Basics”.

Praise dancer in yellow

Acrylic on canvas board 18"x 24"

Praise dancer in yellow

Keeping the theme of praise dancing. Praise dancers not only show/express their passion for God, but they also minister to others through dance.

This dancer is expressing the joy that is already in her heart towards God.  She is performing a celebratory dance in a vibrant yellow dress.

Yellow in the Bible represents - Faith and Glory of God, anointing, and Joy.

Stand With Me

Acrylic on canvas board 18"x24"

Formerly called,“ Prayer”

Stand with Me

This painting was inspired based on a women's retreat which my mom and I attended with our church. It was a wonderful and enlightening experience. It was a spiritual retreat where everyone contributed to mini workshops and shared their experiences and their relationship with God. There were a lot of praise and worship during this trip, especially on the bus ride back to church. We got it back just in time for Sunday services. All the women stood up in church and did a praise dance to the song called “ I pray for you, you pray for me”! It was led by a very spiritual church member who started the praise dance ministry at Mount Hermon Baptist Church, Sis. Viola Christian.

The artwork was sold to a church member.

Praise Dancer

Acrylic on canvas board 16" x 20"

OK, back to the subject of dance again!

If you have not known by now, I love many forms of dance, especially praise dance.

Praise dance is a very spiritual form of motion.

This kind of dance is an outward, expressive praise and worship to God. 

There are dances of rejoicing, dances of praise, and dances of celebration; all in keeping with the topic of praise dance. 

Whenever I watch a praise dance, especially when the praise is authentic and from the heart, it fills my spirit with joy! 

This painting was sold to a church member.

Divas

Acrylic on board 18"x24"

Divas

The word diva is interesting. It's mostly used as a negative term for women. Someone who is full of themselves. Arrogant and conceded female who is bossy. If male, they would say he sure is confident and knowledgeable.

Divas, in my opinion, are women who are self-reliance, confident and competent. These women do not apologize for what they know. They have a strong work ethic and they're not afraid to ask for anything!

The Late Pastor Wenzell P Jackson loved this painting  and when he found out the title he asked me, “Are you a diva? My reply was yup, and I'm working on it!

The creation of this painting was influenced by the Supremes the legendary Motown group.

This painting was sold to a customer in Japan.

The Dance

Acrylic on canvas board 20"x30"

The Dance

Dancing is so much fun. I use to dance all the time. As a matter of fact, people were shocked to find out that I could dance because I am a quiet person. There's nothing like getting lost in the rhythm of the music. It's so liberating and free. Particularly when you're a kindergartener choreographing routines with your imaginary back up dancers for your imaginary audience to the songs, "Lost in music" by Sister Sledge 🎼 and "Dancin' the night away" by Voggue. It's great to see a large amount of people on the Dance floor showing off the latest moves. There is something special about couples who dance. Their energies are connected They bond through constant movement of spin and turns. The communication of dance can express happiness, sorrow, joy, or pain. I wanted to capture the movements of each couple. It's interesting that some people can't see right away that there are people dancing in this painting. 

This painting was sold to a client in Harlem.

🎼 The song, "Lost in music was produced by the extraordinary Nile Rogers of Chic. He was mentioned in blog entry January 2016.

Conversations

Acrylic on paper 18"x25"

 Conversations

This is my first painting that I created in the series. I wanted to present a group of people in casual conversation. When it comes to communication, I naturally work best in one on one conversations as stated earlier.

I find large group conversations really fascinating.