Work samples

  • Solace
    Solace

    Oil on canvas (2023)

    Available for Purchase
  • Cloudless
    Cloudless

    Oil on canvas, (2024)

    Available for Purchase
  • On The Pulse of Morning
    On The Pulse of Morning

    Oil on Canvas, (2024)

    Available for Purchase

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About Dionté

Baltimore City   Baltimore County  

B. 1992, Dionte Wilkens is a Baltimore-born visual artist whose work bridges vivid expression and emotional depth. Working primarily in oil and acrylic, Dionte channels both his zest for life and personal struggles with mental health into each piece. His art serves as a vulnerable yet powerful means of connection, aiming to dismantle stigma and remind others that they are not alone in their journeys. Deeply inspired by the human figure, the natural world, and mythology, Dionte explores these… more

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Corpus et Anima

In Corpus et Anima (Body and Soul), the human form becomes both vessel and voice. Through a series of intimate, emotionally charged portraits, this collection explores the silent dialogue between flesh and spirit — the way our bodies carry memory, longing, resilience, and vulnerability.

Figures are suspended in a moment of internal reckoning: eyes closed, turned upward or down in contemplation, postures that teeter between surrender and defiance. The musculature is rendered with care, not to glorify strength, but to reveal its burden. The skin bears not only light and shadow, but the quiet weight of emotion and history.