Blues is a feeling, a heartfelt expression of soulful sounds combined with lyrics about everyday life. It is a music that has told me the stories, let me hear the heartbeats from the past, and has revealed a true perspective of living in the south. I interpret the feelings and emotions I experience through the music itself, and paint a story through the instruments I hear. It's a powerful and telling music that reveals more than the lyrics being sung, and bleeds the truth of the times. And with this incredible sound that became the blues, I felt there was a forgotten side that needed to be told.
After many years of painting the past and present, my work begins to show the story behind the music. From the Mississippi Delta right up to Chicago, the famous and the unknowns share equal importance in the history of the music. My paintings reveal the cotton fields and street corners, the backroad juke houses and the stages, a unique view of the music's history that is finally here to stay.