Darlene Deloris Black Girl Becoming

Bigger Than This I use reference photos to create portraits of Black people frozen with stoic reactions or moods, and then use symbols, texture, patterns, and vibrant colors to portray emotion. Giving voice to the Black woman who is constantly transposing between a state of angsts and of regality.

Some Kinda Blue

I strive to make conscious, direct, and whimsical art that presents a stoic emotion to the viewer, while using colors to equate emotion. Malcolm X is coined for having said, “The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman.” I recently had a baby girl, and my future will be a world where Black girls and women are seen, heard, and uplifted the same way they are in my artwork.

Red, White, Black, & Blue

Born in Atlanta, Ga in the 1980s, Brooklyn based artist Darlene Deloris also uses the moniker Lena Love. Her painting subjects are women who look like the Black women she grew up seeing and learning around.