Starting the day with a skip in my step. PO Box this AM had a nice surprise… There’s something really special about this… As a young girl, I remember @scholastic art magazine always being around. I later became an educator and in a full circle way have seen the power in sharing a multitude of stories with young minds. 🙇🏽♀️🙇🏽♀️🙇🏽♀️
Starting the day with a skip in my step. PO Box this AM had a nice surprise… There’s something really special about this… As a young girl, I remember @scholastic art magazine always being around. I later became an educator and in a full circle way have seen the power in sharing a multitude of stories with young minds. 🙇🏽♀️🙇🏽♀️🙇🏽♀️
Starting the day with a skip in my step. PO Box this AM had a nice surprise… There’s something really special about this… As a young girl, I remember @scholastic art magazine always being around. I later became an educator and in a full circle way have seen the power in sharing a multitude of stories with young minds. 🙇🏽♀️🙇🏽♀️🙇🏽♀️
[📸 captured this afternoon by @ialteveer — James at @metmuseum with his painting “Yvonne and James II” 2021] The greatest joy has been getting to know James and his late wife Yvonne. I have painted him 3 times during 3 different phases of life and our relationship. 1st (2015) painting captures him the day we met selling CDs in front of @sylviasrestaurant on Lenox Ave in Harlem, NY. 2nd (2017) painting captures he and Yvonne (who I quickly learned was always by his side) sitting on the street where we shared bowls of chicken soup an hour earlier outside of @sylviasrestaurant 3rd (2021) painting captures James at home exactly 2 years after Yvonne’s passing holding their framed wedding photo. The third painting has been on view in gallery 915 at the @metmuseum for an unbelievable amount of time and is scheduled to come down July 31st. Huge thank you to @ialteveer and @metmuseum for making James the celebrity Yvonne always knew he was. Her first words to me after seeing the first painting of James for the first time, “Thank you for seeing him in the way I’ve always seen him and sharing it with the world!” — Yvonne, you knew it before I did, and now so does the world. >>>Go visit “Yvonne and James II” before July 31st and send me your pics! 💞🙌🏽💞🙏🏽<<<
[📸 captured this afternoon by @ialteveer — James at @metmuseum with his painting “Yvonne and James II” 2021] The greatest joy has been getting to know James and his late wife Yvonne. I have painted him 3 times during 3 different phases of life and our relationship. 1st (2015) painting captures him the day we met selling CDs in front of @sylviasrestaurant on Lenox Ave in Harlem, NY. 2nd (2017) painting captures he and Yvonne (who I quickly learned was always by his side) sitting on the street where we shared bowls of chicken soup an hour earlier outside of @sylviasrestaurant 3rd (2021) painting captures James at home exactly 2 years after Yvonne’s passing holding their framed wedding photo. The third painting has been on view in gallery 915 at the @metmuseum for an unbelievable amount of time and is scheduled to come down July 31st. Huge thank you to @ialteveer and @metmuseum for making James the celebrity Yvonne always knew he was. Her first words to me after seeing the first painting of James for the first time, “Thank you for seeing him in the way I’ve always seen him and sharing it with the world!” — Yvonne, you knew it before I did, and now so does the world. >>>Go visit “Yvonne and James II” before July 31st and send me your pics! 💞🙌🏽💞🙏🏽<<<
📸: @david_schulze_studio Other selects from @kinfolk that didn’t make the run but are stunnas 💫✨🌟
📸: @david_schulze_studio Other selects from @kinfolk that didn’t make the run but are stunnas 💫✨🌟
📸: @david_schulze_studio Other selects from @kinfolk that didn’t make the run but are stunnas 💫✨🌟
To say this weekend filled my soul would be an understatement. I love these folks right here so much…. Former Rutgers University – Newark students turned recent MFA grads/students from Yale, RISD, Pratt and SAIC to now being my friends. I feel so grateful to bear witness to their evolution. My hope is that y’all always know how special you are. You deserve all the flowers 💐 @kijoxojik @_amoakohene @kimmah_dennis @jenna.arvelo
To say this weekend filled my soul would be an understatement. I love these folks right here so much…. Former Rutgers University – Newark students turned recent MFA grads/students from Yale, RISD, Pratt and SAIC to now being my friends. I feel so grateful to bear witness to their evolution. My hope is that y’all always know how special you are. You deserve all the flowers 💐 @kijoxojik @_amoakohene @kimmah_dennis @jenna.arvelo
To say this weekend filled my soul would be an understatement. I love these folks right here so much…. Former Rutgers University – Newark students turned recent MFA grads/students from Yale, RISD, Pratt and SAIC to now being my friends. I feel so grateful to bear witness to their evolution. My hope is that y’all always know how special you are. You deserve all the flowers 💐 @kijoxojik @_amoakohene @kimmah_dennis @jenna.arvelo
To say this weekend filled my soul would be an understatement. I love these folks right here so much…. Former Rutgers University – Newark students turned recent MFA grads/students from Yale, RISD, Pratt and SAIC to now being my friends. I feel so grateful to bear witness to their evolution. My hope is that y’all always know how special you are. You deserve all the flowers 💐 @kijoxojik @_amoakohene @kimmah_dennis @jenna.arvelo
To say this weekend filled my soul would be an understatement. I love these folks right here so much…. Former Rutgers University – Newark students turned recent MFA grads/students from Yale, RISD, Pratt and SAIC to now being my friends. I feel so grateful to bear witness to their evolution. My hope is that y’all always know how special you are. You deserve all the flowers 💐 @kijoxojik @_amoakohene @kimmah_dennis @jenna.arvelo
To say this weekend filled my soul would be an understatement. I love these folks right here so much…. Former Rutgers University – Newark students turned recent MFA grads/students from Yale, RISD, Pratt and SAIC to now being my friends. I feel so grateful to bear witness to their evolution. My hope is that y’all always know how special you are. You deserve all the flowers 💐 @kijoxojik @_amoakohene @kimmah_dennis @jenna.arvelo
To say this weekend filled my soul would be an understatement. I love these folks right here so much…. Former Rutgers University – Newark students turned recent MFA grads/students from Yale, RISD, Pratt and SAIC to now being my friends. I feel so grateful to bear witness to their evolution. My hope is that y’all always know how special you are. You deserve all the flowers 💐 @kijoxojik @_amoakohene @kimmah_dennis @jenna.arvelo
To say this weekend filled my soul would be an understatement. I love these folks right here so much…. Former Rutgers University – Newark students turned recent MFA grads/students from Yale, RISD, Pratt and SAIC to now being my friends. I feel so grateful to bear witness to their evolution. My hope is that y’all always know how special you are. You deserve all the flowers 💐 @kijoxojik @_amoakohene @kimmah_dennis @jenna.arvelo
To say this weekend filled my soul would be an understatement. I love these folks right here so much…. Former Rutgers University – Newark students turned recent MFA grads/students from Yale, RISD, Pratt and SAIC to now being my friends. I feel so grateful to bear witness to their evolution. My hope is that y’all always know how special you are. You deserve all the flowers 💐 @kijoxojik @_amoakohene @kimmah_dennis @jenna.arvelo
To say this weekend filled my soul would be an understatement. I love these folks right here so much…. Former Rutgers University – Newark students turned recent MFA grads/students from Yale, RISD, Pratt and SAIC to now being my friends. I feel so grateful to bear witness to their evolution. My hope is that y’all always know how special you are. You deserve all the flowers 💐 @kijoxojik @_amoakohene @kimmah_dennis @jenna.arvelo
Pansy’s bloomin’ all season long
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Basil/pesto extravaganza 🌱 Garden is preparing us for the cold season 😅
