Seeing myself reflected in art allowed me to feel comfortable making my own
I was taught about Picasso and van Gogh, but I never saw myself in their work. Then I learned about Black artists during the Harlem Renaissance, and they inspired me to try abstract pictures.
They say to find out what you really want, go back to when you were a child.
When I was a kid, I really wanted to be a painter — but I was never great at it. I was discouraged because in art class, my paintings were never the most beautiful.
In the third grade we would be given a
