WASHINGTON – As it tends to do, inspiration came to Cierra Lynn Taylor in the form of a whim. She had already turned furniture, clothes and bathroom stalls into canvases when she decided to sweep a paintbrush across her daughter Jaela’s skin. She covered the girl’s back with black paint, […]
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“I am,” she wrote in block letters between the girl’s shoulder blades. In her next strokes, she surrounded that phrase with words she wanted her daughter to remember: Worthy. Powerful. Beautiful. Black and Proud. Enough. It was one of the first pieces of body art the Black D.C. artist, who […]
“I’m a son, a brother, a nephew, a cousin, an uncle, a godfather, and a patchwork reflection of my ancestors,” says designer and artist Najee Wilson. Born and raised in South Carolina, the multi-hyphenate artist currently lives in Brooklyn, where his work involves set design, installation design, costume design, image-making, […]
BOTHELL — An abandoned house inspired artist Lennon Wiltbank to spread joy with flowers. Wiltbank, 32, who works out of her home studio in Bothell, specializes in painting and drawing flowers. Her floral designs adorn affirmation cards, rocks, storefront windows and tapestries, as well as second-hand jeans and blouses. Now […]
Over the past four months, as lockdown measures became part of everyday life across the country due to the coronavirus, artist Asso Nazaryan decided to transform walls at the front of her Doncaster East home into colourful mosaics using pieces of crockery, tiles, flowers, plants, and little figurines. She didn’t […]
A picture by British graffiti artist Banksy on his bathroom. Picture: Instagram He is known for placing mysterious artwork on streets but British graffiti artist Banksy has released his latest work inside his own home amid coronavirus lockdown measures. The anonymous street artist posted new artwork on social media with […]