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Drawing, Pencil on Paper
Size: 19 W x 24 H x 0.1 D in
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A pencil portrait drawing of a beautiful African woman smiling joyfully while singing and dancing at a festival in a rural village in West Africa. “Where does joy come from?” While drawing this portrait of a joyous woman from Guinea, West Africa, I thought a lot about this question. It’s one that I find myself asking quite often while I’m traveling in West Africa, and for good reason: despite what most people would see as oppressive poverty and a difficult way of life, the people of Guinea always seem to find joy in their everyday lives. Perhaps it is their immense pride in their families and communities, or their vibrant music, dance, and cultural traditions. Others would tell me that it stems from their courage in facing life with a smile, with the ones you love around you. Une telle joie? Il faut avoir de courage ! Such joy? One must have courage! ---------------------------------------------- Artwork price includes frame. Comes matted and framed with UV coated / glare-resistant and shatter-proof plexiglass. ---------------------------------------------- Part of the “Drawing on Culture” series. NOTE: 30% of the after-commission price of the artwork in this series will go directly to support community projects in the villages of Sanankoro and Sangbarala, in Guinea, West Africa. “Drawing on Culture: West Africa” is the first in a series of artworks that explore various cultures from around the world, based on my travels in those places. Consisting of nearly 30 new artworks — many done on location while living in small villages along the Niger River in Guinea — the series attempts to portray the character and personalities of an ancient culture living in the modern world. Each artwork contains a story: who is this person, and what life have they lived? What joys and struggles have they known? By sharing a glimpse into their lives, I hope to reveal the commonalities that connect us as human beings — and celebrate the uniqueness of these people’s particular way of expressing themselves in their own place in space. Each culture on Earth is a strand in the collective fabric that is our human legacy. As we come to understand that we are all cut from the same genetic cloth, we can begin to see that each culture represents a unique expression of our potential as creative, intelligent beings. Drawing on Culture celebrates that potential — and in doing so, is itself part of an effort to prevent further degradation of the diversity of this legacy worldwide. More info about this project can be found at http://drawingonculture.com
Drawing:Pencil on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:19 W x 24 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Black
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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I’m an artist, musician, and writer, and I get a lot of my inspiration from my adventures traveling to interesting places. I’m passionate about anthropology, which is to say, I want to understand the human experience and this thing that we call culture. My explorations into the diverse cultures of the world have inspired me to make artwork and music about the people and places I have seen. I’ve also written and illustrated a book about my time living in West Africa, where I studied traditional music styles over the past decade and a half. At my core, I’m an artist, and have been ever since I picked up a pencil and started drawing at age five. That started a life-long journey that has led me down some unique paths in life. There have been some detours off the path — or perhaps those side roads were really part of it. In any case, art has always been there in some form. I’m rediscovering it again, and committing to making it a full-time endeavor.
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