Hot Lava

 

acrylic on canvas paper, 12" x 12"

I've learned of yet another great under-appreciated Black American artist, Stanley Whitney, an abstract colorist painter.  Pouring over images of his beautiful paintings drove me to my easel to create my own colorful abstract piece.

Beauford

 

acrylic on canvas panel, 12" x 9"

I was completely unaware of the great Black American painter Beauford Delaney (1901 - 1979) until I recently read an article on him in the New York Times.  He was a modernist painter and a colorist, and so I felt compelled to paint a colorful portrait of him as a way of paying homage to someone who should have been recognized and admired for his singular contribution to art long ago.