Jacob Lawrence

These two are from Jacob Lawrence. Their is color and warmth in my family and in I feel it in his " A family". I love blue, and i love the blues that I feel from the color and texture of this painting

A Family 1953 Gouche, ink and pencil with glue on paper

Jacob Lawrence. They did not always leave because they were promised work in the North. Many of them left because of Southern conditions, one of them being great floods that ruined the crops, and therefore they were unable to make a living where they were. 1940-41. Tempera on gesso on composition board.

Romare Bearden

These are two of my favorite Romare Bearden pieces, I can relate to both of the them; i can realte to the train- DC metro and tow the security creativity and love in a quilt
Patchwork Quilt 1970 cut and pasted cloth and paper with synthetic polymer paint on composition board

The Train 1975 photogravue and aqutint

My man Matisse

The following are my favorite lithogrpahs by Henri Matisse, they are lithographs after a gouache decoupage. Matisee's later works are some of my favorite works of art. I love his depiction of the female body.
Women and Monkeys 1952

Standing Nude 1952


Blue Nude Jumping Rope 1952

Feme A'L'Amphore et Grenades 1953

Blue Nude IV


Blue Nude I 1952

William H Johnson

These are some of my favorite paintings by William H. Johnson. I love all of these paintings because they remind me of some things with my family and my home enviornment. Some of them also bing up special memories.

Female Nude 1930-1935 linoleum cut on paper.

Boys Sunday Trip 1939-1942 tempera and pen and ink on paper

Cafe 1939-40 oil on paperboard

Army Training 1942-44 oil on paperboard

Three Freinds 1944-45 serigraph on paper

JitterBugs II. 1941 Modified print

Black Art Work- I LOVE IT!!!

Aaron Douglas Into Bondage
1936 Oil on Canvas
The Corcoran Gallery of Art



Midnight Summer in Harlem by Palmer Hayden
1938 Oil on Canvas
Museum of African American Art





William Johnson Chain Gang
1939 Oil on plywood
Smithsonian American Art Museum



Although the Negro was used to lynching, he found this an opportune time for him to leave where one had occurred.Jacob Lawrence
1940-1941 Tempera on gesso on composition board
Museum of Modern Art



The migration gained in momentum. Jacob Lawrence
1940-1941 tempera on gesson on composition board
Museum of Modern Art



Among the social conditions that existed which was partly the cause of the migration was the injustice done to the Negroes in the courts. Jacob Lawrence
1940-1941 Tempera on gesson on composition board
Museum of Modern Art

Chain Gang

Chain Gang by William Johnson
1939 Oil on Plywood
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Peace Mask

Peace Mask by Caleb