Silent Choices

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, Oil on Canvas, 2010

Illustration done for Utne Reader. The article addresses the silence around abortion in the black community.

Health Care Piece in The Source

The newest issue of The Source magazine features an article on health care reform.
My painting, My Health Should Not Be Up For Debate, is the accompanying illustration.
It’s on stands now – I picked one up today.

I’m in a book! Art for Obama

As you know, I participated in Manifest Hope:DC, the inaugural art exhibition featuring art work inspired by Barack Obama and his theme of change. The work from that show was collected into a book, Art for Obama.

The two pieces that I was honored to display at the show are published in this book. Is He Black Enough? and, Kenyan-American.

I went to Border’s today to check it out and took pictures with my trusty BlackBerry.

Kenyan-American, Oil on canvas, 2009 :

Is He Black Enough?, Oil on canvas, 2008 :

I must say, having my work featured in a book is pretty awesome.
And then walking across the store and seeing my work published in a magazine isn’t too bad either.

Moby for BRM

Beyond Race Magazine interviewed Moby about his new album, Wait for Me, in their summer issue..
I was commissioned to do the illustration.
The illustration features him alone on a planet holding a synthesizer.
The designer wanted to keep the palette a bluish gray, which I thought was a good idea. But I also thought it would be fun to add a few pops of color by painting a few of the background planets different colors.

On stands now!

The approved sketch:

The designer approved the above sketch and I went on to do the final.

Scarlett Johannson and KRS-One in BRM.

I was the contributing illustrator for Beyond Race Magazine’s latest issue. This issue is pretty awesome, and I’m not just saying that because I’m in it.
I did two separate illustrations for them – one of KRS-One, the other of Scarlett Johannson.