" These works are larger panels that can be viewed as installation pieces to  experienced 'in the round' or  as  traditional wall hanging works of art.

                        I am looking to embrace African American self -identity in a effort to create a positive visual lexicon of our history. My use of reclaimed large and small aged wood fences, is a symbolic reference to how fences keep people in and out, just as racial and gender identities can do the same socially."