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Pescadero, 6:52pm 

11x14 | Acrylic paint, latex paint, leather, plastic, gold leaf, ink, and dried flowers on canvas

This painting is in a private residence in Palo Alto, CA.

The Refuge, Revisited

20x24 | Acrylic paint, tissue paper, gold leaf, modeling paste, plastic, and ink on canvas

This painting is in a private residence in Sunnyside, NY.

The Opening

36x48 | Acrylic paint, tissue paper, gold leaf, ink, and modeling paste on canvas

This painting is in a private residence in Palo Alto, CA.

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Folded

18x24 | Acrylic paint, tissue paper, silk, gold leaf, ink, and dried flowers on canvas

This painting is in a private residence in Los Angeles, CA.

San Felipe

11x14 | Acrylic paint, tissue paper, gold leaf, ink, and dried flowers on canvas

This painting is in a private residence in Oakland, CA.

The Inlet

18x24 | Acrylic paint, tissue paper, feathers, hobby moss, ink, gold leaf, and dried flowers on canvas

This painting is in a private residence in Ann Arbor, MI.

Ocean Beach in Fog

12x12 | Acrylic paint, tissue paper, ink, corn grits, and gold leaf on canvas

This painting is in a private residence in San Francisco, CA.

Nostalgic Path (l), His Hands (c), and Something Brewing (r)

12x12 individually, 12x36 together | Acrylic paint, tissue paper, ink, corn grits, cardboard, and gold leaf on canvas

These paintings were sold separately and are in private residences in San Francisco, CA and New York, NY.

THE CARTOGRAPHY OF MINING SERIES (2019-2021)

Top: The Underground and The Cartography of Gold

Middle: The Earth Cries Out and The River Brings Us Gold

Bottom: The River Still Speaks and The Soil Will Confess

Various sizes | Acrylic paint, tissue paper, ink, corn grits, paper towel, jasmine tea leaves, rice, and gold leaf on canvas

As an anthropologist who studied the effects of apartheid in Johannesburg, South Africa, I spent a lot of time thinking about the technology behind extraction during my PhD. Johannesburg came into being because of its underground reefs of gold, and it currently has some of the deepest mining shafts in the world. The first white prospectors arrived in Johannesburg in 1886 and forced Black laborers to mine, with the most dangerous jobs often reserved for Black men. Gold created deep economic inequalities in South Africa, and Johannesburg remains one of the most racially segregated cities in the world. However, these divisions extend beyond the city’s horizontal segregation. To this day, it is usually Black bodies that descend into the bowels of the earth to mine, while white overseers and financiers remain above ground. Johannesburg is a vertically segregated city, and the labor of extraction is still deeply racialized. In these six paintings, I wanted to pay homage to the people who descend down into the mines and bring up gold, a mineral that has powered science and the world economy for centuries.

This painting series is split between Stanford University and a private residence in San Francisco, CA.