A series of portraits based on the individuality of people in my culture who face common stereotypes simply based on their skin. This series strives to showcase who they are within their own strengths and inner beauty. And, not who they are perceived to be. 

Las Frutas 

Exploring the generations of my family connecting to our Puerto Rican culture in El Barrio throughout the ages.

El Barrio: The Golden Age

This series highlights women in Savannah who own their own businesses. A piece of each women's business is encapsulated in each portrait. Giving a nod to their hard work. My hope for this series is to not only bring attention to how badass these people are but how the viewer can be with just a little belief in one's self.

In the Garden of Good and Bad Ass Women

A collection of charcoal studies from my early years as an artist. This collection features some of my very first portraits.

Charcoal Portraits

The healing dance is the principal ritual of voodoo. The ceremony is aimed toward giving spiritual and physical health to suffering people. While the dance progresses, it becomes more intense until the dancers go into a state of deep concentration. The dancer has an object, the "n/um" in its stomach. This "n/um" travels across the spine until it reaches the skull. There it stops and explodes in the brain. This explosion is a sign of rebirth.

-Each painting represents the phase of the n/um traveling. The botanicals symbolize the n/um and get more intense within each painting. We see the face in the final painting to get a last look before the rebirth.

Tafy Laplanche