Monumental Reckoning Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 2021
Monumental Reckoning Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 2021

350 Ancestral figures surround the plinth of white supremacist Francis Scott Key, the author of the American National Anthem. They represent the beginning of the business of slavery, when a ship docked in Virginia in 1619 with 21 people on board, but left W.Africa with 350 stolen human beings. They are standing together for justice more than 400 years after their arrival initiated the horrible mass enslavement of Africans.

Monumental Reckoning Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 2021
Monumental Reckoning Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 2021

350 Ancestral figures surround the plinth of white supremacist Francis Scott Key, the author of the American National Anthem. They represent the beginning of the business of slavery, when a ship docked in Virginia in 1619 with 21 people on board, but left W.Africa with 350 stolen human beings. They are standing together for justice more than 400 years after their arrival initiated the horrible mass enslavement of Africans.

Dr. Huey P. Newton West Oakland, CA 2021
Dr. Huey P. Newton West Oakland, CA 2021

Dr. Huey P. Newton was the co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. His widow, Fredrika Newton commissioned me to create the first permanent sculpture of a Black Panther member in the city of Oakland, the place the international freedom fighters began their mission.

King William Lanson. New Haven, Connecticut 2020
King William Lanson. New Haven, Connecticut 2020

William Lanson succeeded at most everything in the 1800’s as a free Black man. He turned empty, mostly undesirable land into neighborhoods, employed free and enslaved Black people in the construction of New Haven’s early infrastructure. He spoke out for voting rights. Later in life, the white power structure determined that he had become too powerful for an African descendant. That’s when the system, ultimately gamed against him, felled him like the deeply rooted tree that he had become.

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Toni Stone
Toni Stone

Toni Stone was the first woman to play professional baseball with and against men. She played on several Negro League teams in the 1940’s and 50’s. She set her sites on the game when she was a little girl and grew into a ball player whose stats are now part of MLB. She was commissioned by the SF Giants since her first NorCal team was the San Francisco Sea Lions (even though the jersey mascot is a bear!) She is installed at the intersection of Toni Stone Crossing, next to the SF Giants Stadium.

Toni Stone (Copy)
Toni Stone (Copy)

Toni Stone was the first woman to play professional baseball with and against men. She played on several Negro League teams in the 1940’s and 50’s. She set her sites on the game when she was a little girl and grew into a ball player whose stats are now part of MLB. She was commissioned by the SF Giants since her first NorCal team was the San Francisco Sea Lions (even though the jersey mascot is a bear!) She is installed at the intersection of Toni Stone Crossing, next to the SF Giants Stadium.

GUIDED BY JUSTICE
GUIDED BY JUSTICE

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 2018

This sculpture is one of three located on the grounds of The National Memorial for Peace and Justice. It represents the women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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A Man for the People.  Berkeley, California 2016
A Man for the People. Berkeley, California 2016

The Honorable William Byron Rumford was the first African American elected to the California State Legislature from northern California in 1948. He wrote the Fair Housing Act which was rolled into the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Archangel of the Forest 2019  Plaster, Steel, Encaustic Wax and Sequoia Seed
Archangel of the Forest 2019 Plaster, Steel, Encaustic Wax and Sequoia Seed

The Archangel of the Forest protects the forests from the tiniest seed to the tallest tree. Climate change is making that task very difficult. Forests are burning, being logged, sprayed with pesticides and generally abused by governments and corporations.

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Mamiwata 2019 Clay, Encaustic Wax, Shells and Sea Fan
Mamiwata 2019 Clay, Encaustic Wax, Shells and Sea Fan

Mamiwata is the impact of climate change on the planet and our ability to fight it. Mamiwata is the African Goddess of Water. She is normally adorned with jewelry, her hair flowing, exhibiting a physical presence that defies conventional standards. My Mamiwata is stripped down to her barest essence in order to battle for earth's survival. That is when she is at her most focused and strong.

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Chrysalis, Edition of 25, Plaster and Oil Paint
Chrysalis, Edition of 25, Plaster and Oil Paint

This sculpture investigates the point when we can we become who we are destined to be.

Phoenix, 2009. Plaster and Oil Paint
Phoenix, 2009. Plaster and Oil Paint

When this sculpture collapsed and I rebuilt it better than before, it helped me realize that in the rebuilding, working and creating with clay was my joy.

20 Years to Life, Clay, Barbed Wire, Stainless Steel and Rust Paint
20 Years to Life, Clay, Barbed Wire, Stainless Steel and Rust Paint

Working with incarcerated youth opened my eyes to the pain inflicted on some of the most creative, smart and funny young people I had ever met. I witnessed in them a fear of failure so pervasive, it made them not want to try anything outside of their comfort level. We must abolish the prison industrial complex.

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Monumental Reckoning Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 2021
Monumental Reckoning Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 2021
Dr. Huey P. Newton West Oakland, CA 2021
King William Lanson. New Haven, Connecticut 2020
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Toni Stone
Toni Stone (Copy)
GUIDED BY JUSTICE
C:U AUNT TINY.jpg
2WOMEN_GG%26MRS.jpg
mamiwata2.jpg
A Man for the People.  Berkeley, California 2016
IMG_0855_1.jpg
FullSizeRender_27_1100.jpg
Archangel of the Forest 2019  Plaster, Steel, Encaustic Wax and Sequoia Seed
Archangel_fire_and_seed.jpg
Mamiwata 2019 Clay, Encaustic Wax, Shells and Sea Fan
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Chrysalis, Edition of 25, Plaster and Oil Paint
Phoenix, 2009. Plaster and Oil Paint
20 Years to Life, Clay, Barbed Wire, Stainless Steel and Rust Paint
20years_to_life1.jpg
Monumental Reckoning Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 2021

350 Ancestral figures surround the plinth of white supremacist Francis Scott Key, the author of the American National Anthem. They represent the beginning of the business of slavery, when a ship docked in Virginia in 1619 with 21 people on board, but left W.Africa with 350 stolen human beings. They are standing together for justice more than 400 years after their arrival initiated the horrible mass enslavement of Africans.

Monumental Reckoning Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 2021

350 Ancestral figures surround the plinth of white supremacist Francis Scott Key, the author of the American National Anthem. They represent the beginning of the business of slavery, when a ship docked in Virginia in 1619 with 21 people on board, but left W.Africa with 350 stolen human beings. They are standing together for justice more than 400 years after their arrival initiated the horrible mass enslavement of Africans.

Dr. Huey P. Newton West Oakland, CA 2021

Dr. Huey P. Newton was the co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. His widow, Fredrika Newton commissioned me to create the first permanent sculpture of a Black Panther member in the city of Oakland, the place the international freedom fighters began their mission.

King William Lanson. New Haven, Connecticut 2020

William Lanson succeeded at most everything in the 1800’s as a free Black man. He turned empty, mostly undesirable land into neighborhoods, employed free and enslaved Black people in the construction of New Haven’s early infrastructure. He spoke out for voting rights. Later in life, the white power structure determined that he had become too powerful for an African descendant. That’s when the system, ultimately gamed against him, felled him like the deeply rooted tree that he had become.

Toni Stone

Toni Stone was the first woman to play professional baseball with and against men. She played on several Negro League teams in the 1940’s and 50’s. She set her sites on the game when she was a little girl and grew into a ball player whose stats are now part of MLB. She was commissioned by the SF Giants since her first NorCal team was the San Francisco Sea Lions (even though the jersey mascot is a bear!) She is installed at the intersection of Toni Stone Crossing, next to the SF Giants Stadium.

Toni Stone (Copy)

Toni Stone was the first woman to play professional baseball with and against men. She played on several Negro League teams in the 1940’s and 50’s. She set her sites on the game when she was a little girl and grew into a ball player whose stats are now part of MLB. She was commissioned by the SF Giants since her first NorCal team was the San Francisco Sea Lions (even though the jersey mascot is a bear!) She is installed at the intersection of Toni Stone Crossing, next to the SF Giants Stadium.

GUIDED BY JUSTICE

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 2018

This sculpture is one of three located on the grounds of The National Memorial for Peace and Justice. It represents the women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

A Man for the People. Berkeley, California 2016

The Honorable William Byron Rumford was the first African American elected to the California State Legislature from northern California in 1948. He wrote the Fair Housing Act which was rolled into the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Archangel of the Forest 2019 Plaster, Steel, Encaustic Wax and Sequoia Seed

The Archangel of the Forest protects the forests from the tiniest seed to the tallest tree. Climate change is making that task very difficult. Forests are burning, being logged, sprayed with pesticides and generally abused by governments and corporations.

Mamiwata 2019 Clay, Encaustic Wax, Shells and Sea Fan

Mamiwata is the impact of climate change on the planet and our ability to fight it. Mamiwata is the African Goddess of Water. She is normally adorned with jewelry, her hair flowing, exhibiting a physical presence that defies conventional standards. My Mamiwata is stripped down to her barest essence in order to battle for earth's survival. That is when she is at her most focused and strong.

Chrysalis, Edition of 25, Plaster and Oil Paint

This sculpture investigates the point when we can we become who we are destined to be.

Phoenix, 2009. Plaster and Oil Paint

When this sculpture collapsed and I rebuilt it better than before, it helped me realize that in the rebuilding, working and creating with clay was my joy.

20 Years to Life, Clay, Barbed Wire, Stainless Steel and Rust Paint

Working with incarcerated youth opened my eyes to the pain inflicted on some of the most creative, smart and funny young people I had ever met. I witnessed in them a fear of failure so pervasive, it made them not want to try anything outside of their comfort level. We must abolish the prison industrial complex.

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