Overcome
Overcome is a visceral, layered painting that emerged from a moment of spiritual confrontation. I painted it in the wake of heaviness—but also with the fire that follows a breakthrough. In this abstract fluid composition, crimson surges through deep green and indigo, with shadows of purple and earthy brown anchoring the lower edge like soil after a storm. This is a painting about pushing through, but not just surviving—becoming more because of it.
If you’ve ever known what it is to wrestle in silence, to resist quietly, and to rise with dignity—Overcome is for you. It's a visual reminder that your strength isn't always loud, but it’s real.The commanding red in this piece speaks of power and struggle—both sacred and embodied. In West African spiritual cosmologies, red often aligns with the Orisha Ogun: a force of justice, transformation, and iron will. In Catholic symbolism, red signals the Holy Spirit, martyrdom, and the fire of divine conviction. Artist Betye Saar has spoken of colour as a carrier of both rage and grace—and in Overcome, red pulses with both. Art historian David Batchelor described colour as “a form of resistance to the monochrome world.” Here, the layered tones of Overcome become a refusal: to disappear, to surrender, to go quiet.
This work doesn't just express overcoming—it embodies it.
Overcome is a visceral, layered painting that emerged from a moment of spiritual confrontation. I painted it in the wake of heaviness—but also with the fire that follows a breakthrough. In this abstract fluid composition, crimson surges through deep green and indigo, with shadows of purple and earthy brown anchoring the lower edge like soil after a storm. This is a painting about pushing through, but not just surviving—becoming more because of it.
If you’ve ever known what it is to wrestle in silence, to resist quietly, and to rise with dignity—Overcome is for you. It's a visual reminder that your strength isn't always loud, but it’s real.The commanding red in this piece speaks of power and struggle—both sacred and embodied. In West African spiritual cosmologies, red often aligns with the Orisha Ogun: a force of justice, transformation, and iron will. In Catholic symbolism, red signals the Holy Spirit, martyrdom, and the fire of divine conviction. Artist Betye Saar has spoken of colour as a carrier of both rage and grace—and in Overcome, red pulses with both. Art historian David Batchelor described colour as “a form of resistance to the monochrome world.” Here, the layered tones of Overcome become a refusal: to disappear, to surrender, to go quiet.
This work doesn't just express overcoming—it embodies it.
Overcome is a visceral, layered painting that emerged from a moment of spiritual confrontation. I painted it in the wake of heaviness—but also with the fire that follows a breakthrough. In this abstract fluid composition, crimson surges through deep green and indigo, with shadows of purple and earthy brown anchoring the lower edge like soil after a storm. This is a painting about pushing through, but not just surviving—becoming more because of it.
If you’ve ever known what it is to wrestle in silence, to resist quietly, and to rise with dignity—Overcome is for you. It's a visual reminder that your strength isn't always loud, but it’s real.The commanding red in this piece speaks of power and struggle—both sacred and embodied. In West African spiritual cosmologies, red often aligns with the Orisha Ogun: a force of justice, transformation, and iron will. In Catholic symbolism, red signals the Holy Spirit, martyrdom, and the fire of divine conviction. Artist Betye Saar has spoken of colour as a carrier of both rage and grace—and in Overcome, red pulses with both. Art historian David Batchelor described colour as “a form of resistance to the monochrome world.” Here, the layered tones of Overcome become a refusal: to disappear, to surrender, to go quiet.
This work doesn't just express overcoming—it embodies it.