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ABOUT THE WORK
A memory
pressed into oil
Saturday morning. A kitchen filled with warmth and the smell of grease on a hot comb. Hands that knew exactly how to part, press, and protect. If you grew up in a Black household, you didn't just get your hair done, you got a whole experience.
'Please Don't Bump the Ends' is the first painting in 'The Childhood I Carried' series; a 9-part realistic oil painting series rooted in Black childhood nostalgia and cultural memory.
Oil on Canvas 36"x36" Black Floating Frame
DROPPING APRIL 30TH, 2026
The Diptych Drop
Nos. 02 & 03 arrive together on April 30.
Two paintings born from the same table, the same love, the same house.
Each one a chapter in how we learned the meaning of enough.
Full image of painting released April 30th 2026
NO. 2 ABOUT THE WORK
We Have Food
at Home
Every kid heard it.
Driving down the street, and you pass your favorite fast food restaurant. You ask the question...
And then....
those words.
But what felt like a "no" was actually something else entirely.
This painting reframes a universal childhood memory through adult eyes.
Behind that phrase was a parent who loved you enough to have a plan and food in the refrigerator, and a pot on the stove to prove it.
Budgeting, protecting, providing.
NO. 3 ABOUT THE WORK
McDonald's
Money
It wasn't often.
That's what made it everything.
The day your parent reached into their pocket and said "yes", not to a full meal, not always, but to something.
And that "yes" landed like a gift from the universe.
McDonald's Money is about the way scarcity taught us to feel abundance. How a small treat became a whole language of love. How those moments shaped what we understand about value, gratitude, and the care that lives inside the smallest moments.
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THE ARTIST
These paintings aren't just about what I remember; they're about what we all carry, quietly, in the backs of our minds.
"
STINA ALEAH
Fine Artist - Muralist - Cleveland, OH
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