Lawton, OK
212.929.5949 (Claire Oliver Gallery)
www.caleblee81.com / @caleblee81 / @caleblee81
I believe that all visual artists go through stages in their career where they explore not onlyto come out on the other side a better artist and person than I was. Initially, the paintings that I created were based solely off of stock images of celebrities that I found on the internet. As I grew as an artist, so did my desire to become more creative, and so I began photographing men, women, and children that I know. Over the past two years, my paintings have focused on the Black experience as I have known it through my life. It reflects a softer side of Black people, yet still shows our strength and resilience, something that I want to see more of in galleries and museums.
