Maya, Amanda, Rupi
The past month I have been working on three paintings to add to my poetry portrait series.:
“Brave.” Portrait of Maya Angelou with an excerpt from her poem, “A Brave and Startling Truth.”
“Skinny Black Girl.” Portrait of Amanda Gorman with an excerpt from her poem, “The Hill We Climb.”
“Inner World.” Portrait of a beautiful woman with an excerpt from Rupi Kaur's newest collection of poems, “home body.” (I have a portrait of Ms. Kaur in the works with an excerpt from home body)
These paintings are not yet released to the public. They are still wet and I am hoping to premier these paintings at my upcoming Virtual Art Show in March 21!
So for my loyal followers - you have the first look!
Thank you for looking. Let me know your thoughts on these paintings. I tried a new process with poetry components of the painting. I was having great difficulty painting the lettering of the poems onto the canvas, so I printed the poems with images from my painting’s background and adhered the printout to the painting! It’s a bit different for me - but I am happy with it!
Please let me know your thoughts!