Looking back over my painting career, I have had a tendency to work in series. The works submitted here are beginnings and endings of a couple of them. The flags are endings of my Commemoration series done in 1970 and 1997; “Blues at the Beach” is the beginning of a new series exploring the seeming obliviousness of the “haves” and the “have-nots” to each other in our culture. “Living in the Spirit” is an on going series that explores the synthesis of African and Christian iconography in African American religious ritual.

All of my works have deep roots in my experiences growing up in the South but my intent, as always, is to explore the human condition. It is this exploration, I believe, that makes art endearing and enduring.