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"Bamboula Queens"
“Bamboula Queens”
Bamboula Queens 2014 John Obafemi Jones 14″x10″ Pastels $400.00
“Get Up Offa That Thing” 2014 John Obafemi Jones 14′ x10″ Pastels $400.00
Historically Bamboula dancers were the queens of the community, the keepers of the ancestral ways, the fire under the coal pot. They acted as a cloak of hope against the cold of enslavement of a people aimed at severing all ties of the African homeland. In…
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Answering the Call or Finding the Courage to Create?
Answering the Call or Finding the Courage to Create?
“The Entertainer” 2014 24″ x 48″ $3000.00
“Blessed is he that has found his work! Let him ask no other blessedness.”—Thomas Carlye
For one reason or another most people are generally afraid to become that which they glimpse in their most perfect dreams. In those quite moments when we envision ourselves living up to our fullest potential we experience happiness, joy and excitement. Yet the…
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Creating Tension to get Attention
Creating Tension to get Attention
“Spiritual” Mix Media 36″ x 72″ 2010
Tension is an underlying fundamental principle of art. When I listen to some of my friends disgust music theory they sometime speak of tension. They talk of chord tension, harmonic tension and so on. The principle of tension is at the heart of music, but it is tension that gives substance to storytelling, visual art, and most creative endeavors. Tension can…
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“LaBega’s Carousel” : the Fine Art of the Double Entendre
“LaBega’s Carousel” : the Fine Art of the Double Entendre
“LaBega’s Carousel” 2014, 40″ x 60″,Acrylic, enamel and oil sticks $ 5000.00
The above painting is entitled “LaBega’s Carousel”. The inspiration for this painting is rooted in my admiration for the late great musician and U.S. Virgin Culture bearer James “Jamesie” Brewster. Mr. Brewster was a master at his craft and worked tirelessly to make Quelbe synonymous with Virgin Islands culture.
Quelbe…
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Divergent Thinking: Creative Gobbledygooking “The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it's not without doubt but in spite of doubt" Rollo May…
