I can’t help but smile
4’x3’
Acrylic on ply
2023-2025
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#jacksonpikellc #thebakery #abstractexpressionism #blackabstractartist #blackartist #abstractart #quantum
4’x3’
Acrylic on ply
2023-2025
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#jacksonpikellc #thebakery #abstractexpressionism #blackabstractartist #blackartist #abstractart #quantum
July 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I can’t help but smile
4’x3’
Acrylic on ply
2023-2025
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#jacksonpikellc #thebakery #abstractexpressionism #blackabstractartist #blackartist #abstractart #quantum
4’x3’
Acrylic on ply
2023-2025
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#jacksonpikellc #thebakery #abstractexpressionism #blackabstractartist #blackartist #abstractart #quantum
36”x36”
Acrylic
2023-2025
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#jacksonpikellc #thebakery #abstractexpressionism #blackabstractartist #blackart
Acrylic
2023-2025
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#jacksonpikellc #thebakery #abstractexpressionism #blackabstractartist #blackart
July 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
36”x36”
Acrylic
2023-2025
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#jacksonpikellc #thebakery #abstractexpressionism #blackabstractartist #blackart
Acrylic
2023-2025
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#jacksonpikellc #thebakery #abstractexpressionism #blackabstractartist #blackart
Vibrate
24” 24”
Acrylic
2023-2025
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#jacksonpikellc #thebakery #abstractexpressionism #blackabstractartist #blackart
24” 24”
Acrylic
2023-2025
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#jacksonpikellc #thebakery #abstractexpressionism #blackabstractartist #blackart
July 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Vibrate
24” 24”
Acrylic
2023-2025
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#jacksonpikellc #thebakery #abstractexpressionism #blackabstractartist #blackart
24” 24”
Acrylic
2023-2025
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#jacksonpikellc #thebakery #abstractexpressionism #blackabstractartist #blackart
Excited to share that my painting "Steel Compassion" sold during the Grand Opening show at Hammond Harkins Galleries! Huge thanks to the amazing collector and to @hammond_harkins for believing in my work. Grateful beyond words! 🎉🎨 #abstractart #modernart #SoldArt #blackabstractartist #art
April 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Excited to share that my painting "Steel Compassion" sold during the Grand Opening show at Hammond Harkins Galleries! Huge thanks to the amazing collector and to @hammond_harkins for believing in my work. Grateful beyond words! 🎉🎨 #abstractart #modernart #SoldArt #blackabstractartist #art
Intermittent #womenshistorymonth post … today in visual arts… #Blackabstractartist BETTY BLAYTON-TAYLOR (sometimes BETTY BLAYTON) 1937-2016 believed abstraction could speak to issues of Black liberation as well as speak of the deeply personal and the transcendent universal. No small effort then!
March 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Intermittent #womenshistorymonth post … today in visual arts… #Blackabstractartist BETTY BLAYTON-TAYLOR (sometimes BETTY BLAYTON) 1937-2016 believed abstraction could speak to issues of Black liberation as well as speak of the deeply personal and the transcendent universal. No small effort then!
BEAUFORD DELANEY never made much money from his art and he died suffering from mental health issues. Recently his art has garnered more attention, especially as his place in Black queer history is recognized. 4/n #blackabstractartist #blackhistorymonth
February 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
BEAUFORD DELANEY never made much money from his art and he died suffering from mental health issues. Recently his art has garnered more attention, especially as his place in Black queer history is recognized. 4/n #blackabstractartist #blackhistorymonth
A great quote from #Blackabstractartist LEONARDO DREW…
“I’m an abstractionist. I’m also a walking political figure as a Black man. I am political because of who I am, what I am, and what I look like; and I have the audacity in these times to say that I’m an abstractionist.” 4/n
#Blackhistorymonth
“I’m an abstractionist. I’m also a walking political figure as a Black man. I am political because of who I am, what I am, and what I look like; and I have the audacity in these times to say that I’m an abstractionist.” 4/n
#Blackhistorymonth
BOMB Magazine | Leonardo Drew by Kennedy Yanko
Working through materials as an external and internal journey.
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February 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A great quote from #Blackabstractartist LEONARDO DREW…
“I’m an abstractionist. I’m also a walking political figure as a Black man. I am political because of who I am, what I am, and what I look like; and I have the audacity in these times to say that I’m an abstractionist.” 4/n
#Blackhistorymonth
“I’m an abstractionist. I’m also a walking political figure as a Black man. I am political because of who I am, what I am, and what I look like; and I have the audacity in these times to say that I’m an abstractionist.” 4/n
#Blackhistorymonth
Yay! Another #Blackabstractartist who is a sculptor! LEONARDO DREW makes abstract sculptures that hold the tension of abundant chaos and piercing clarity. Monumental, often seem to defy gravity & physics in general. 1/n #Blackhistorymonth
February 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Yay! Another #Blackabstractartist who is a sculptor! LEONARDO DREW makes abstract sculptures that hold the tension of abundant chaos and piercing clarity. Monumental, often seem to defy gravity & physics in general. 1/n #Blackhistorymonth
There’s a beautiful synchronicity between yesterday’s #Blackabstractartist BETHANY COLLINS & today’s JULIE MEHRETU. About language and communication, clarity and falling apart, cycles of history, breaking apart and coming together at once. 2/n
#Blackhistorymonth
#Blackhistorymonth
February 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
There’s a beautiful synchronicity between yesterday’s #Blackabstractartist BETHANY COLLINS & today’s JULIE MEHRETU. About language and communication, clarity and falling apart, cycles of history, breaking apart and coming together at once. 2/n
#Blackhistorymonth
#Blackhistorymonth
February 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Finally, some portraits of YVONNE WELLS herself, because there’s an artist behind the art! 5/5
#Blackabstractartist #Blackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartist #Blackhistorymonth
February 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Finally, some portraits of YVONNE WELLS herself, because there’s an artist behind the art! 5/5
#Blackabstractartist #Blackhistorymonth
#Blackabstractartist #Blackhistorymonth
KAMBUI OLUJIMI is often called a conceptual artist - which is somewhat different from abstract art, academically, as it flows from ideas vs color/form/emotion. But I’m covering them as #blackabstractartist anyway. Cos I make the rules here. 1/n #blackhistorymonth
February 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
KAMBUI OLUJIMI is often called a conceptual artist - which is somewhat different from abstract art, academically, as it flows from ideas vs color/form/emotion. But I’m covering them as #blackabstractartist anyway. Cos I make the rules here. 1/n #blackhistorymonth
The combination of abstract and reality in this piece by #Blackabstractartist TAFA results in visceral emotions that cannot be denied. In a world where the NEA has been forced to limit the kind of art supported, we need art like this and artists like TAFA. 5/n
#blackhistorymonth
#blackhistorymonth
February 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The combination of abstract and reality in this piece by #Blackabstractartist TAFA results in visceral emotions that cannot be denied. In a world where the NEA has been forced to limit the kind of art supported, we need art like this and artists like TAFA. 5/n
#blackhistorymonth
#blackhistorymonth
A bit ago I ran across three works by Ghanaian #blackabstractartist TAFA FIADZIGBE in a small gallery in Texas. Instantly blown away! Here’s two snaps I took. Black liberation, sports, music are common themes but the emotion he evokes is always profound. 1/n
#Blackhistorymonth
#Blackhistorymonth
February 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A bit ago I ran across three works by Ghanaian #blackabstractartist TAFA FIADZIGBE in a small gallery in Texas. Instantly blown away! Here’s two snaps I took. Black liberation, sports, music are common themes but the emotion he evokes is always profound. 1/n
#Blackhistorymonth
#Blackhistorymonth
GERALD JACKSON - as a #blackabstractartist - has had to reconstruct himself, escaping the constraints imposed by a dominant white society founded on slavery. “I’m not a Black person. I’m only what I make myself up to be.” These are works from an exhibit: Psychic Rebuilding. #blackhistorymonth
February 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
GERALD JACKSON - as a #blackabstractartist - has had to reconstruct himself, escaping the constraints imposed by a dominant white society founded on slavery. “I’m not a Black person. I’m only what I make myself up to be.” These are works from an exhibit: Psychic Rebuilding. #blackhistorymonth
Modern abstract sculpture! Today’s #blackabstractartist is RICHARD HUNT. He had a six-decade career which resulted in over 160 public sculptures, more than any other sculptor in the US.
February 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Modern abstract sculpture! Today’s #blackabstractartist is RICHARD HUNT. He had a six-decade career which resulted in over 160 public sculptures, more than any other sculptor in the US.
So far a 6 decade career means there’s so much of FRANK BOWLING’s art to admire, trace the changes in perspective, technique, the evolution of an artist. For me, it’s his unabashed use of color. And the titles. He’s got great titles. Great art, all. 5/n #blackabstractartist #blackhistorymonth
February 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
So far a 6 decade career means there’s so much of FRANK BOWLING’s art to admire, trace the changes in perspective, technique, the evolution of an artist. For me, it’s his unabashed use of color. And the titles. He’s got great titles. Great art, all. 5/n #blackabstractartist #blackhistorymonth
Moving canvas from easel to the floor was part of FRANK BOWLING’s transition to total abstraction. He engages with paint & water in expansive ways even drowning the canvas with media. His work resists any singular purpose, values fluidity over all. 3/n #blackabstractartist #blackhistorymonth
February 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Moving canvas from easel to the floor was part of FRANK BOWLING’s transition to total abstraction. He engages with paint & water in expansive ways even drowning the canvas with media. His work resists any singular purpose, values fluidity over all. 3/n #blackabstractartist #blackhistorymonth
Sir FRANK BOWLING resists interpretations of autobiography in his art, there’s undeniable references to being a #Blackabstractartist among predominantly white abstract expressionists. At same time, he was frustrated by being pigeonholed as a Black artist by curators & critics. #blackhistirymonth
February 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Sir FRANK BOWLING resists interpretations of autobiography in his art, there’s undeniable references to being a #Blackabstractartist among predominantly white abstract expressionists. At same time, he was frustrated by being pigeonholed as a Black artist by curators & critics. #blackhistirymonth
For some MING SMITH’s work might defy categorization. Figurative? Documentary, sometimes portraiture, often not? But she has put it, “I paint with light” - photos about emotions - ideas intimately familiar to those of us who are abstract fotógrafx. 2/n #blackhistorymonth #blackabstractartist
February 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
For some MING SMITH’s work might defy categorization. Figurative? Documentary, sometimes portraiture, often not? But she has put it, “I paint with light” - photos about emotions - ideas intimately familiar to those of us who are abstract fotógrafx. 2/n #blackhistorymonth #blackabstractartist
1st fotógrafx in the series! MING SMITH is perhaps not immediately known for her abstract work. But I saw the below work at MOMA exhibit and immediately recognized a fellow abstract artist. #blackabstractartist #blackhistorymonth
February 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
1st fotógrafx in the series! MING SMITH is perhaps not immediately known for her abstract work. But I saw the below work at MOMA exhibit and immediately recognized a fellow abstract artist. #blackabstractartist #blackhistorymonth
Grace: “a complex state of being that Black people and others who have endured tragic prejudice have embodied to survive and to rise beyond” - SHINIQUE SMITH a #Blackabstractartist who created this remarkable work, bridging past and the present. #Blackhistorymonth
February 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Grace: “a complex state of being that Black people and others who have endured tragic prejudice have embodied to survive and to rise beyond” - SHINIQUE SMITH a #Blackabstractartist who created this remarkable work, bridging past and the present. #Blackhistorymonth
This work by MARK BRADFORD (todays #blackabstractartist) is personal to me. It’s based the murder of Philando Castile by the cops, features quotes from Philando’s gf Diamond. The title comes from the name of the acrylic paint pink hue. Who is pink fleshed? Who is not? 4/n
#blackhistorymonth
#blackhistorymonth
February 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This work by MARK BRADFORD (todays #blackabstractartist) is personal to me. It’s based the murder of Philando Castile by the cops, features quotes from Philando’s gf Diamond. The title comes from the name of the acrylic paint pink hue. Who is pink fleshed? Who is not? 4/n
#blackhistorymonth
#blackhistorymonth
Finally, portraits of #blackabstractartist ED CLARK himself because there’s an artist behind the art! 6/6 #blackhistorymonth
February 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Finally, portraits of #blackabstractartist ED CLARK himself because there’s an artist behind the art! 6/6 #blackhistorymonth
ED CLARK did not get the recognition he deserved until much later in his career. Perhaps because he was 2nd wave expressionist, or because with conceptual art painting was meant to die. But he was a master of color, experimentation, materiality.
4/n
#blackabstractartist #blackhistorymonth
4/n
#blackabstractartist #blackhistorymonth
February 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
ED CLARK did not get the recognition he deserved until much later in his career. Perhaps because he was 2nd wave expressionist, or because with conceptual art painting was meant to die. But he was a master of color, experimentation, materiality.
4/n
#blackabstractartist #blackhistorymonth
4/n
#blackabstractartist #blackhistorymonth