"Serenade To Ms Ladybug (California Thrasher)" Drawing

My new bird series is polar opposite to my previous works. For three decades I created works about people, diversity, unity, communal exchange, and the news. As an LA native I spent my time sketching people in places of communal exchange. Barbershops, cafes, the LA art scene and even while riding the metro encompassed my world. The seismic shift taking place due to the political environment gender, identity, economics and Covid 19 changed my perspective.Now I seek serenity in nature preferring to draw and paint birds in different narratives. The birds bring me peace where the world can not. Publications and Reviews: Diversions LA 2020 on 99% by Genie David, Art And Cake (2018), Daily Breeze(2018), Art Scene Magazine, May issue (2018) Harper's, HAIR'S HOW Magazine, Art Calendar cover, Art and Living, Studio Visit Magazine (Open Press), WWNorton (college text book), and other. Reviews: Art and Cake, diversions LA,Flavorpill (KB), Boston Globe (Kate McQuaid, L.A. Times (Josep Woodard). I am self-taught but earned my B.A. Degree in art in 2011, after having had a professional art practice since 1992. I love people and the stories their faces tell.