| His heART is his shield, and his weapon is LOVE. | |  |
This is how I started in the art business. I only showed work in black and white. Some of these drawings are from a book I haven't finish yet.
 | | I started working in colored pencils in early 2000. I started to see color, and enjoy working with it. So I do as much as my hands will allow. |
 | | My erotic themes are mostly from my past. I'm sharing them now because they only collect dust in my garage. |
 | | Some copies of the Black Panther newspaper, thanks to Billy X. |
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| I'm a self-taught artist with some training. I received most of my training in the Marine Corps as an illustrator for Fleet Marine Force manuals, posters, charts and slides, etc. After I left the Marine Corps in 1970, I joined the Black Panther Party where I was greatly influenced by the artist and author Emory Douglass. Between 1973 and 1993 I held various jobs and was introduced to the Washington DC gallery scene. I hung my art in various galleries in Washington, DC until I came to California in 1993 where I worked as a graphic designer, art teacher and drug counselor for a while. I currently manage a behavioral program at a court school in San Francisco, CA. I sometimes hang my art in City Arts gallery in San Francisco. Whatever I am as an artist is in my work. What you get, is what it is. Sometimes I have an idea, and sometimes I want to see what it looks like. I have to ask myself, "What is that?" and I struggle for a name for the piece. |
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