The Recursive Nature, acrylic and ink on canvas, 35"h x 60"w framed, 2024. Societal responses play their part in making history repeat itself. The current political and social environment seek to redeploy policies from post slavery and Jim Crow eras. 

The City of Flint, Michigan has been unredeemed for sometime; left to the issues presented by a contaminated water supply like the poorest of third world cities. Unredeemed, acrylic on canvas, 22" w x 28"h, 2016.

Jesus used the word Ephphatha (Be Opened) to employ God to heal the deaf and mute. This painting employs all of us to be opened to heal ourselves from the self-inflicted “wounds” and “ills” of divisiveness. Be Opened, acrylic on linen canvas, 52" x 40 " (framed), 2023,

Our country is a period of dichotomous thinking and acting. It is a period of both reckoning with our history and at the same time, working rigorously to bury it, deny it, and change it. The painting "Filling In the Missing Pieces acknowledges the need to bring truth and reconciliation to the history as we currently know it. The history that marginalizes the role African-Americans and Native Americans have played in the development and prosperity of the tapestry of our history.

Man In A Box is may commentary on mass incarceration or man dehumanization as I choose to call it. Years ago, I visited a prison in my home state to help inmates form a literary group. I got to see firsthand how these men and women were made to "live" and I have never nor will I ever forget the sadness in all of those eyes. Man In a Box is acrylic on canvas, 12"x12", 2011.

Home is where the heart is has such meaning to me. I have warm, comforting memories of growing up in a house filled with people who loved and cared for me and provided for all my needs. Empty Windows is to remind me and all who view it that each and every minute of every day hundreds of thousands of people in our country are homeless, and hungry. We must all become social justice advocates. Empty Windows, acrylic on canvas, 22"x28", 2016

A diverse society can not thrive on divisiveness. We must embrace inclusiveness and find the common ground upon which we can co-exist. Common Ground, acrylic on canvas, 36"x36", 2023

Women are by nature, advocates. We are the fierce protectors of our homes, our children, our virtues. Women of Color, linked arm in arm have fought and won more battles then history can record and recount. We’re still marching. Women Walking Ardently,  acrylic and ink on canvas, 24"x24", 2022

Truth In the Midst of Doubt, acrylic and ink on canvas, 24"w x 36"h, 2019

Mother Nature is fighting back. California Skies Are Burning, acrylic on canvas, 30"x40", 2020