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The Victor's Secret is one of the first few portraits I painted after the episodic rise and fall of the pandemic, when our lives finally felt normal again. It was a relief to be in a studio with my peers painting again. I remember the model as kind and very good, staying in perfect position hour after hour. The name came to me by way of a friend instantly, in one way it's a call back to a time when many in the LBTQ+ community were forced to hide in the shadows. Living a double life spawned untold fear, anxiety and sadness. The Victor's Secret also reminds us that our identity is our own, no one can take it away from us. Yet there are still places in our world where shadows still loom and not fitting into an identity determined by others risks persecution and worse. My work often takes a historical perspective, giving voice to those who are marginalized, a reminder to do our part to help usher in the Light.
Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:8 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:13.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:White
Ready to Hang:Yes
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Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
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Ships From:Printing facility in California.
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I'm an Oakland, CA based painter and hair stylist, the latter of which provided the supports and independence to cultivate my art over the last 25 years. Music, politics and people are integral aspects to my work. Music elicits powerful visuals, politics and social issues offer opportunities to challenge and illuminate, and people's faces are multi-colored landscapes etched in a tangle of emotion and experience. My goal is to offer substance and context that bring people closer to real issues that affect us all. I regularly feature people of color, and my hope is to empower those who feel marginalized or somehow short-changed. I grew up amid the tumultuous 1970s in south central Los Angeles. Luckily, with excellent grades and scholarships, I attended UC Berkeley in 1981 for Fine Art, studying under the renowned ceramic innovator Peter Voulkos. However, due to a period of disillusionment, both politically and artistically, I dropped art completely for eight years. Upon my return in 1989, I dove in with a renewed appetite to explore past my limits. I even built an art studio and gallery inside my hair salon. At 40, I matriculated in a commercial art school, thinking to become a 3D illustrator. But it didn't take long to discover where I felt most at home, in 2D illustration and portraiture.
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