Rashid Cornish was born and raised in Baltimore, Md. He is inspired by his experiences with memories, dreams and spirituality. Over time his work has developed into a blend of realism and abstraction to symbolize altered states of consciousness. The idea of reality changing based on perception is expressed through multiple layers of paint, rhythmic movement and a strong sense of depth in his drawings and paintings.

He received his first formal training in high school when he attended… more