2021

My father's brother Bruce is an incredibly jovial man and, from what I hear, was an even more delightful child. I created a collage from this candid photo of him on the beach taken around 1960 when he looks to be in a moment of deep contemplation. Celebrating Black boyhood is a key theme in my work, and this image also conjures up reflections on afrofuturism, the environment, and that otherworldly and curious pensiveness that children sometimes possess.