Aaron and Hannah (2020) oil and acrylic on U.S. postage stamp
The Prexies (2020) gouache on U.S. postage stamps
Us (2020) gouache on U.S. postage stamps
His House in Flames (2020) gouache on U.S. postage stamp
Whenever I hear about “the good old days,” it makes me want to redirect the flames of racism and discrimination that are ravaging black communities today. I want to burn that fucking privileged nostalgic amnesia down to the ground. This Jim Crow Era stamp commemorates Andrew Jackson's plantation home "The Hermitage" where he enslaved 300 people. I came across this stamp while doing background research for my Arabella Freeman series last July. To me, it's a symbolic missing link between the wrongs of the past and the present. It felt only right to paint in the flames and smoke that I've been seeing ever since I bought it.
Backdraft (2020) oil and acrylic on U.S. postage stamps
Flashover (2020) oil and acrylic on U.S. postage stamps
Plantation Coil (2020) gouache on U.S. postage stamps
His House on Fire (2020) oil and acrylic on U.S. postage stamps
Dead Man Walking (2020) oil and acrylic on U.S. postage stamps
Multi-Vortex National Disaster (2020) oil and acrylic on U.S. postage stamps
Cancel Culture (2020) pre-cancelled U.S. postage stamp. Stamps were once sold pre-cancelled for mass mailings.
Burn Notice (2020) oil and acrylic on $20 bills