1993, 48 X 60 inches, oil on canvas, St. Charles Studio, Detroit.

This was my first undertaking of a serious statement in an oil painting. It was large and was using one of the most famous images related to freedom in American to depict the freeing of South Africans from apartheid: racial segregation sanctioned by law. This piece won best of show in The Scarab Club member’s exhibit in 1993, and has sold as limited fine art prints since 1994. It was removed from an invitational exhibit in the state capital building located in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1996, as soon as it was hung because the governor’s office deemed it as being too controversial to hang in the capital. The piece had already been exhibited in a private gallery in Atlanta, at an invitational exhibit in Norcross, Georgia, featuring artists from 12 countries around the globe, and in a juried group exhibit (Coca-Cola River Festival) in Greenville, South Carolina, without any incidence.

Original artwork is in a private collection. If interested in purchasing a custom print, please feel free to reach out to me, here.