Work samples

  • Portrait of H.I.M
    Portrait of H.I.M

    Acrylic and soft pastel on wood, 2023.

    A portrait of the King of Kings of Ethiopia, Qedamawi Haile Selassie, the Lion of Judah 

  • IyI contact.jpg
    IyI contact.jpg

    Acrylic and Soft Pastel on gypsum panel 2022. Mixed-media 

    InI Black man and Wombman hold a meditation before the tree of life. Looking into uR IyI's, I see Love. 

  • Tsehai in garden
    Tsehai in garden

    Digital illustration, 2022

    Sweet Empress of the trees, I see u basking in the sunshine, frolicking in the garden wit all the pretty flowers butterflies and green leaf 

    Available for Purchase
  • Aroma therapy
    Aroma therapy

    Digital illustration.

    Beautifull empress holds a meditation with healing herbs and Aroma therapy candles set before her as she relax in her bubble bath under the light of full moon activating the Divine femi9

About Melku

Joseph Williams, widely known to collectors and friends as Melku is a rising self taught artist based in Baltimore,Md. Melku has been creating art from a young age and after graduating from IADT with AA degree in Computer Animation he begin to develop his art and style with charcoal and pastels drawing inspiration from portraitures that taught him fundamental skills that would later benefit his artist life. Melku’s art is Afrocentric based primarily drawing his inspiration from the RasTafari… more