Artist Profile

Look to the East
16x20" Oil and pumice on canvas

Mama Afrika
16x20" Oil on canvas

SAMO
18x24" Acrylic on canvas

Bear Naked Truth
30x40" Acrylic on canvas

Harriett Tugman 2x3 feet  Acrylic on canvas $5555

The artist shares pieces in oil paint and in acrylic paint. Thought-provoking art from James Black. Each piece is rife with strong emotions inspired by varied spiritual experiences, observation of thoughts as the artist meditated, and an attempt at objectively relating to experiences on would construe as trying. The artist's aim is to observe thought without craving or aversion: to see things as they are. 

"I am still on the quest of figuring out who I truly am. I was taught to write a great bio so that the reader would be impressed. I am not in the business of fleecing people with words to create an impression of who I am truly not. At 33 I thought it would all be simple and easy to have figured out. Who am I? I do things that I would never do, knowing full well the potential consequence. I enjoy watching the growth of others. I like children and old people because they are generally true. I think I know it all, knowing it all means nothing. What am I? I was taught to fear a man because of the color of his skin. I have seen dead bodies strewn across the street. Where am I? I have seen the absent looks on faces after debaucherous acts. I have seen bodies dangling from ropes. I have seen a baby's first smile. I have tended gardens from seed to the table. I have been homeless and begged for food. What were the choices? I have lived in a mansion and played the fool. I still dream of world peace. Should I be averse to craving or do the balancing act? I no longer know what to say as all is in a flux. So present is where I stay! I am."

Elipses 16x20" Oil on canvas $8000 framed

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Remember Who You Are 16x20" Mixed media framed Do we then exact revenge to appease what was and is wrought upon us? Be invited to a place not out of reach but a place that asks us to see without eyes that we can become who we already are.	Aaaarggh 11x14" Oil on canvas framed When the feeling of overwhelm assails you, that suppressed rage seeks to usher its entangled energies into the ether, remember to breathe.

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