“Cloud 9”

I spent the day inside and I completed 1 out of 5 paintings that are due before the end of the month.  I am working to complete a mini-series of paintings that I began in 2006.  The series title is called “Cloud 9” I have exhibited pieces from this incomplete series on a number of occasions.  The title came from the euphoric feeling I felt; like floating on a cloud, the first time I had an offer to show my work at the Black Fine Art Show in New York.  In the first “Cloud 9” painting the image floated in the center of the canvas with a white textured background, like a cloud floating in the sky.  This was a complete  deviation from my usual style which consisted of the entire image being wrapped around the canvas.  This will also be the theme for my September exhibition at The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.