BLACK LIVES MATTER 1. 
Mosaic.  Dimensions: 24" h x 18" w .

ARTIST STATEMENT

I am a former sociology professor living in Collingswood, New Jersey who turned to art after becoming disabled. While I dabble in numerous art forms, my specialty is mosaic art. I am best known for doing portraits and works for social justice. In 2020, I was featured in a FOX-29 (Philadelphia) News report, because after sharing a series of award winning “Black Lives Matter” mosaic portraits online, I was commissioned by Tamika Palmer to do a mosaic portrait of her daughter, Breonna Taylor, whose death, in part, launched an international movement for justice for victims of racist murders.

That portrait can be seen in the documentary “Bree Way: Promise Witness Remembrance.” 

To date, my artwork has been in galleries in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York City, Las Vegas, Norfolk, Virginia, Texas, and San Francisco.

I've been named one of the Best Mosaic Artists in New Jersey by the magazine Best of New Jersey, had a cover story in 08108 Magazine, and have had my work featured in The Retrospect in Collingswood. In May, 2022, I completed a community mosaic mural project that I designed. I taught dozens of community people, children, parents, teachers, the principal, and neighbors, how to mosaic at Thomas Sharp Elementary School in Collingswood, NJ. The mosaic, entitled “Childhood Memories,” was featured in reports on FOX-29 News and CBS News in Philadelphia.


My ultimate goal is to use my mosaic artwork to address pressing social issues such as racism, war, poverty and homelessness, exploitation of workers, child slavery, climate change and environmental disaster, rights issues for women, LGBTQ, and more.  I've also worked as an organizer for the United Farm Workers, a labor journalist, have written and performed in musicals in NYC (the musical, Delilah, starred Uzo Aduba in the title role), and am a community activist.