MOVEMENT PAINTINGS

Paintings (acrylic & paint pen) inspired by movement quotes & groundings.

My movement paintings are generally done as a grounding practice. My paintings are given to friends/family or used to decorate our home & my classroom.

A sketchbook is open on a table with pens and a paintbrush. The open page has a dark yellow background. "When something can't be fixed the then the question is what can we build instead?" - Mariame Kaba is written in black and white across the page.
The text of the poem "Obligations 2" by Layli Long Soldier is hand written in white ink over a painting of a sunrise.
A painting of a blue sky with green grass and black and white flowers. Black banners in the sky are decorated with white text reading: EVERYTHING WORTHWHILE IS DONE WITH OTHERS. -Mariame Kaba’s dad
A green painted background has the text, "Remember this: we be many and they be few. They need us more than we need them. Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. -Arundhati Roy." At the top of
A painting in a black frame. The background is pale yellow. There is a black squiggly border. Black text reads: "The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them. -Ida B Wells" with a small drawing of a candle at the bottom.
A white page has a black border with golden leaves around it. In the center of the page, a large golden flower has white and black detailing. Around it, black text reads, "The ancestors know who you are. -Dr. Dr. Desi's Uncle Poca"
A blue and green painted background has white and black text reading: "Rest is when you stop using a part of you that's used up, worn out, damaged, or inflamed, so that it has a chance to renew itself." Black and white flowers are coming out of the w
A paper has a blue background. In white letters, it reads, "WALK THE STREETS WITH US INTO HISTORY. GET OFF THE SIDEWALK. -Dolores Huerta" There is a black and white drawing of a street and cityscape with a diverse crowd of people walking in the road.
A golden page has a border of black and white flowers on a vine. Black text reads, "The classroom remains the most radical space of possibility in the academy. -bell hooks"
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