The ocean is a graveyard, but it is also a bridge. The starting point of a forced separation, while being the connection between newfound homelands. My work lives in the heavy space between those two realities: honoring the lives lost during the Middle Passage, while fiercely protecting the unyielding beauty of the global African diaspora.

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Though history is heavy, the aesthetic is celebratory. I use vibrant color and surreal interpretations to show the joy, uniqueness, and beauty of a people who reshaped the world. Like the culture, the ocean is vast and beautiful, and holds an immense power while demanding respect. There is also an exploration of a brutal, quiet tension—the choice between living in bondage, or paying a high and controversial price for choice and freedom.