Works

Each painting exists twice. In full light, figures emerge through layered acrylic, atmospheric spray, and raised textural relief — advancing and receding as you move. In darkness, embedded photoluminescent pigment reveals a second painting — the ancestors, present. Two paintings. One canvas.

This is Jamaican-Dominican American narrative figuration. Rooted in Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latino traditions. Built for the wall, the room, the collector who stays with it.

Original works on canvas · Acrylic, spray paint, and mixed media with impasto relief and photoluminescent pigment · Each piece exists in two states — full light and low light

The Practice

The practice is to make the work accessible — to open this world to everyone who wants to enter it. You do not have to own the original to be part of the story.

The work lives at every level. Original large-scale canvases for the serious collector. Embellished Editions — hand-finished, photoluminescent, limited — for those who want the dual-state experience without the original. Fine Art prints for those who want to live with the work every day.

Collect at every level.

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