"I learned to make my mind large, as the world is large, so that there is room for paradoxes." - Maxine Hong Kingston
Charmaine Watkiss iis a British artist whose parents emigrated from Jamaica. She finds inspiration in the culture of the African Caribbean diaspora.
Watkiss works primarily with pencil and paper to create life-sized figures. She uses material from history in ways that demonstrate the relevance of the past to the present. Tenacity Serves the Warrior Well is a self-portrait; the woman warrior wears a ceremonial floral collar and she radiates the power of the sun. Her hands are clasped calmly as she gazes into a distance we can't see. The greenery behind her looks like Chinese brush painting so' looks like bamboo. to me!
Image: Charmaine Watkisss - Tenacity Serves the Warrior Well, 2022, watercolor and pencil on paper, courtesy of the artist, London.
2 comments:
A sunny woman I would not have spontaneously associated with war.
Tania, maybe the sun is a sign of strength>
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