Episode 3 Season 1: Frank J. Brown – Another Day…

The sculpture is not very big. It measures 12 and a quarter inches by 11 and a half by 11 and a half. It’s an intertwined press of people around a structure, brown arms, legs and heads – frantically climbing on top of each other to get to the top – as if their livesContinue reading “Episode 3 Season 1: Frank J. Brown – Another Day…”

Episode 2 Season 1: Emma Amos – Through Time and Space

The canvas is bordered by what looks to be kente cloth. Against a bright blue background with slashes of yellow and strokes of black, a man in blue and white plaid pants – fear in his eyes – embraces a woman in a red and white plaid dress. She’s looked down – clearly distressed.  NotContinue reading “Episode 2 Season 1: Emma Amos – Through Time and Space”

Episode 1 Season 1: Your Host is an Artist

It’s been a while, but do you remember how resourceful I tried to be as a broke teenager? You remember how I wanted to paint like Bob Ross, but didn’t have any money for supplies?  How I could only afford two colors, so I chose black and white? I did a lot of those paintings. Continue reading “Episode 1 Season 1: Your Host is an Artist”