Pages from the Black Book

"Pages from the Black Book" is a concentration of pieces depicting the life struggles, fears, joys and triumphs found in the Black Diasporas.
The concentration is broken up into 5 series; Africa, Slavery, Jim Crow, Harlem Renaissance and Today. Each piece you see will fall into one of these series, illustrating the passion and the sentiment of said time or place.
Together, these series form the pages of the black book- provocatively and poignantly expressing the emotion of Black people through my eyes, my hand and my pencil.
This body of work is meant to be a living and breathing voice, both to its audience, and its subjects. Provoking the most genuinely raw response of understanding, sympathy and awe is the essence of art. It is the reason I create. It is the message I convey.
May you be moved.

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“Duke: In a Sentimental Mood” -$799

32” x 33-1/8”

Mixed Media: Newsprint Paper, Tempera Paint, Metallic Acrylic, White Charcoal, Black Charcoal

- This piece is a tribute to the great Duke Ellington and the song “In a Sentimental Mood” composed by him and equally great John Coltrane. In this piece I re-created the first page of the original piano sheet music Ellington wrote for “In a Sentimental Mood” by hand, in white charcoal. May their music forever live on.

By Charcoal Artist: Nicolette McClendon

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