More Hope, Obama by David Choe November 26, 2009

Always late to the party, always a bridesmaid never a bride, yadda yadda ya……
I have missed out yet again on a fab print, by a great artist of a great man. There is one on Ebay for $695,worth it, but with Xmas, the credit crunch and home improvements, this will pass me by.
I have always [...]

I Would Like This Hair Style Today Please November 20, 2009

I have recently found and spent alot of time at I am the Nublack, it is the kind of blog mine should be if I were a little more organised. My one major gripe is, it has cost me money, I have since bought two things featured there a print and a T shirt.
Now this [...]

“A Free Degree in Anthropology” Lauri Lyons November 19, 2009

Work is still getting its pound of flesh, so I will keep it brief, Lauri Lyons is the first African American female to be represented by Getty Images; with this I have already spoken volumes.
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After Midnight Soul October 28, 2009

After Midnight Soul, is exactly how I should feel but instead I feel like Late Evening Crap, I am acting like a two-year old who does not know its bed time, I am soooo tired, yet fighting the urge to go to bed. Instead I decided to visit Concreteloop.com where I go for my last-ditch [...]

Dawn Okoro October 22, 2009

I am excited, lately I am not easily excited, I found an artist with prints for sale, for sale within my price range, okay, one downside, they are a bit smaller than I would like, I digress.

Dawn Okoro paints sisters, real sisters and other people too, her images evoke heat, maybe it is the intensity [...]

Mickalene Thomas- Media Mixtress June 20, 2007

Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night 2006 
I have seriously been considering whether I want other art forms on my blog and I decided I can do what the hell I like….. its not like I have a regular fan base to offend! So in the future I will post about anything creative [...]

Kehinde Wiley – My Rembrandt April 30, 2007

Two Heroic Sisters of the Grassland 2007
Oh my God, was I not drooling like an idiot when I found Kehinde’s site it is everything I love about art, cool, contemporary, modern and perfect execution! It is the type of art I created this blog to find….. it is just so right.
The poses and expressions, European gentry meets [...]

Steven Katzman- Darkroom Don March 19, 2007

Photography has always been one of my great loves, but I have always thought it is one of those arts, that you can easily get by with very little talent, many photographers know nothing about dark room techniques. I feel the same way about digital photography, though it does require just as much skill to [...]

Thierry Le Goues – Soul Amazones March 11, 2007

Whilst perusing my blog stats, I found a search item “beautiful nudes”, which reminded me of a coffee table book I own titled “Soul”(least I think I do, I have not seen it for a while) with the most beautiful nude pictures of black women including Alek Wek, Naomi Campbell and Iman, exquisite high contrast photographs which were [...]

Mike Thompson – Spraying up a Storm March 8, 2007

Nas for XXL Mag
My toes are a tingling, I am all excited again because I found another hot site, turn your volume down before visiting if you do not appreciate urban riddims. Ex head boy at Ecko’s t-shirt division, Mike Thompson was  customising apparel back in the 80’s whilst still at college, now a proffessional illustrator, the [...]