" My Inspiration"

  This Is A Picture Drawn In Febuary 10th 2002 Of One Of My Biggest Inspiration In This World Besides God And My Family. I Really Do Like This Picture Because In My Eyes It Is So Realistic And Similar To The Real Person. I Consider This Picture Art Because Of The Fact That Shaun Rogers Used A Lot Of Artistic Details And Made This Picture Look Like An Actual Black & White Photo. I Think The Message He Tried To Dislay Was Of A Tribute To This Musical Sensation Who Some People Tend To Forget About. He Is Showing Appreciation And Reminding People Of A Once On Top Of The Charts Singer. I Couldn't And Would'nt Have Rendered This Picture In Any Way Because This Picture Is Just Perfect To Me. This Picture Displays A Elegant Young Talented Beauty Who Died In 2001 By The Name Of Aaliyah. http://www.spraygraphic.com/ViewProject/12468/normal.html Is Where I Found This Picture And This Wonderful Artist Of Potiential. One Thing I Would Want To Ask Him Is What Inspired Him To Do This Tribute Towards Aaliyah?

"Race And Gender Criticism Of Art"

 Honestly, Judging Art By Gender Or Race Is A Very Wrong Thing To Do Because The Quality Of The Work Doesn't Relate To The Person Who Has Done It. It Might Be A Personal Experience Of The Artist But Just Because A Woman Or Multicolored Person Created The Art Doesn't Mean The Art Isn't Great. Woman And People Of Color Can Create Many Brilliant And Wonderful Things And That's What Really Counts. I Know I Wouldn't Go To An Art Display And Say "O I Don't Like This Picture Because A White Male Painted This Picture" But I Would Judge It By The Creativity And  Meaning Behind It. This Is The Way Things Should Really Be And I Think This Because I Know If I Wanted To Become An Artist, I Wouldn't Want People To Judge My Painting By My Race And Gender. This Passage Really Surprised Me Because Of The Way People Thought Of Multicolored And Women' s Art. I Wonder Why People Was Judged By Social Class Rather Than Their Work? This Will Lead To The Question Of Why Was There Only Three White Women, One Black Women And No Black Men Whose Art Was Displayed In The Museum Of Modern Art In New York?

My First Art Experience

 Strolling Down Memory Lane I Remember My Very First Time Drawing. I Was Only About 7 Or 8 Years Old And Very Ambitious To Express This Image I Had In My Mind. I Can't Recall What The Inspiration Came From And In Fact, I Can Barely Remember What Or Who The Picture Was For. What I Do Remember Is Drawing What I Thought Was A Beautiful Fairy With Many Colors. I Gave Her Wings,A Beautiful Brown Face And A Wonderful Dress. This Drawing Was Drawn In The Front Cover Of One Of My Child Hood Books That I've Owned. After I Got Done Drawing And Coloring This Fairy I Decided To Name This Goddess "Mother".