Southern Snow (2023)
Watercolor on paper 22”×30”
 
Southern Snow highlights a typical old home to many black families you’d find in the South, with a rusted tin roof, standing solitary amidst a cotton field. The white cotton blooms blanket the landscape like snow, evoking a striking contrast between beauty and sorrow. The painting serves as a metaphor for duality—the juxtaposition of the field’s serene beauty with the profound pain and resilience of sharecroppers and their ancestors. It invites viewers to confront the complexity of history and the layers of meaning within seemingly simple landscapes.