Looking forward to futures where being at home is synonymous with being safe and sound.

“Safe and Sound” was started on Juneteenth 2020 and was inspired by the deaths of Breonna Taylor, Botham Jean, and Aiyana Stanley-Jones. It ponders a reality where home is a safe harbor for Black people, where rest, stillness, and luxury is fully accessible.

“Safe and Sound” was created with full body acrylic, metallic finish, and 22K gold leaf on a 36” x 60” gallery wrapped canvas. It features a woman wearing a golden bonnet and covered in thick blankets, sleeping before a thicket of birds of paradise leaves. A yellow finch keeps watch over her as she anchors herself into bed, locking herself into this moment of peaceful bliss.

“Safe and Sound” was featured in the 2021 Black Lives in Focus exhibition with the University of Pittsburgh.

Original currently unavailable for purchase.