Winter Solstice 2025 - Original

Winter Solstice 2025 is a mixed media collage on acid free paper. This artwork is part of the Novel Bodies, Novel Landscapes series. Water symbolizes healing, transition and rebirth, aligning with winter solstice traditions of cleansing, renewal and endurance. This moment between darkness and returning light, even though movement is paused, transformation is underway.

Novel Bodies, Novel Landscapes reimagines Black women beyond the confines of history, expectation and erasure. Rooted in Afrofuturism, Novel Bodies, Novel Landscapes is a series of works that center Black women in a safe futuristic world.

Through my work, I place us firmly within landscapes of power, beauty and infinite possibility. In these imagined worlds, Black women roam freely—unburdened by imposed ideals of femininity and perfection. Their forms, informed by real, “imperfect” bodies, exist unapologetically within surreal environments. The figures in this series are not merely subjects; they are leaders, visionaries, and revolutionaries. Each woman plays a vital role in her community, whether as a healer, guide or protector.

Winter Solstice (2025)

5.75 x 9.75 in.

Mixed media on paper.