I was born in France and raised in West Africa. I came to the United States in 1988, with a sense of opportunity to discover my potential. It is through painting that this has begun to manifest. Having experienced the influence of both cultures, French and African, it is here in this land that I am able to have clarity of their connection. Although both seem to view the splendor of nature through a different eye, in me they have united in a unique experience which fuels and challenges my creativity. I am moved by the desire to create texture and luminescence in my...more