Serving as a self-love letter and reminder to Black women that it’s okay for us to release what needs to be released. Whether it’s joy, laughter, pain, frustration, anger, sadness, softness, happiness, laughter, and more, with various infrastructures and systems of oppression and suppression in play, there is an unspoken way of being where we suppress and withhold what we’re feeling and experiencing, which results in an emotional and mental blockage that soon impacts our physical wellbeing, you know of the saying, the body keeps score. Therefore, I wanted to explore what would happen if we, Black women, were to unleash the floodgates of our individual and collective experiences. My hope with this series is to encourage Black women to be fully present in their emotions and help minimize the stigma of being emotional and other tropes placed upon us. I know that in doing this work, we will inspire and encourage others to do the same. It starts with a small ripple.
A Black Woman’s Tears – Consistent Release
2018 | 8.5 in x 11in | Graphite Pencil & Ink
A Black Woman’s Tears – Untitled
2019 | 8.5in x 11in | Graphite Pencil & Ink
A Black Woman’s Tears – Untitled 2
2020 | 8.5in x 11in | Graphite Pencil & Ink
A Black Woman’s Tears – Taking On The Emotions Of Others
2020 | 8.5in x 11in | Graphite Pencil & Ink
A Black Woman’s Tears – In Mourning A Friendship
2020 | 8.5in x 11in | Graphite Pencil, Ink & Photoshop
A Black Woman’s Tears – In Longing For Desire
2020 | 8.5in x 11in | Graphite Pencil & Ink
A Black Woman’s Tears – Longing To Be Inside Of A Couple
2020 | 8.5in x 11in | Graphite Pencil, Ink & Photoshop
A Black Woman’s Tears While Put On A Pedestal | 2020 | Graphite Pencil & Ink
A Black Woman’s Tears – With Her Head In The Clouds
2021 | 11in x 14in | Graphite Pencil & Ink
A Black Woman’s Tears – Submerged In Her Own Tears
2022 | 18in x 24in | Graphite Pencil, Ink, & Photoshop
A Black Woman’s Tears – In Release | 2023 | 28.5in x 23in | Ink
A Black Woman’s Tears – In Looking Back | 2023 | 11in x 14in | Ink
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