MAKE SHIFT CREATE – BLACK CREATORS RESIDENCY

Make.Shift.Create is a charity foundation based in Brixton and they reached out to me on Instagram to select me as one of their black creatives for their 3 months residency programme.

This is an exciting opportunity I have been waiting for! I’ll be able to get more recognition as an artist in London, I also get to sell my art merchandise in their shop and online!

To commerate this achievement, I am going to release an exclusive collection just for this residency which starts on Sunday 24th April with the event at Pop Brixton. I’ll be selling art prints and a few new exclusive merch so please keep a look out.

I am truly grateful to have this opportunity to branch out my audience and get my artwork out there, especially to bring joy to those who see it and they get to support me and keep a piece of art for themselves so they too can feel empowered. There is so much power in seeing yourself in illustrations and paintings, something which I didn’t see a lot of growing up. I show myself and black women love when I create my illustrations.

Sizwe Portrait Commission

Sizwe Portrait

A commissioned portrait I did for the gorgeous singer Sizwe from The Dahna Project. She gave me a lot of creative freedom to draw this and she was a lot of fun to draw because she’s very graceful and relaxed. I hope I caught her essence in this piece of her!

If you are interested in a portrait illustration, please go to the Contact page for a quote!

Have a wonderful day!

Personal Art Challenge

I have decided to set myself an art challenge for the year where I draw myself a new ID picture every month! I saw another artist do it on instagram and saw how her art style changed and evolved and I wanted to take the same route for myself!

Here is my January ID!