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Rhythm of the Drum — Her Rhythm, 2026

Bout Dat Life Rhythm Series

Rhythm of the Drum — Her Rhythm

2026 · Acrylic, spray paint, and mixed media on canvas with impasto relief, photoluminescent pigment, and trompe-l’œil dimensionality · 36 × 48 in (91.4 × 121.9 cm)

Available — Original & Edition of 50

“A study in flow, grace, and layered movement, reflecting rhythm as both emotional language and cultural memory.”


Surface & Light

In Full Light

She moves through the surface. Built from layered acrylic washes, atmospheric spray, and raised textural passages, Her Rhythm captures a figure in full motion — fluid, deliberate, alive. The texture is not decoration; it is the body’s weight and grace made physical.

In Low Light

When the room dims, photoluminescent pigment embedded within the layers awakens a second figure — the ancestral rhythm beneath the visible one. Her Rhythm holds two women: the one you see in daylight, and the one who has always been moving underneath. Two paintings. One canvas.


About the Artist

Michael James

“I make work about what it feels like to carry cultures — plural — in your body. I am my parents. I am my grandparents. I am my ancestors. My work is where my ancestors speak.”

Michael James is an Atlanta-based career artist and visual designer with over a decade of professional experience, including applied design work for well-known Fortune 500 companies. Working under Bout Dat Life LLC, his fine art practice explores Afro-Caribbean identity, rhythm, and cultural memory through bold color, layered mixed media, and expressive mark-making. Each piece is built not just to be seen, but to be felt.


Artwork Details

Title Rhythm of the Drum — Her Rhythm
Year 2026
Medium Acrylic, spray paint, and mixed media on canvas with impasto relief, photoluminescent pigment, and trompe-l’œil dimensionality
Dimensions 36 × 48 in (91.4 × 121.9 cm)
Series Bout Dat Life Rhythm Series
Original Available — one of one
Limited Edition Prints Edition of 50 — no reprints once sold out

© 2026 Michael James. All rights reserved.


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