Indigo dreams
oil and acrylic painting on wood, 12 X 12 inches • based on photography by @rudiediaz of @proerarecords' Courtney "Jamal" Everald Dewar, also know as #CapitalSTEEZ who, at the time of his death in 2012, considered himself and #indigochild - believing in a mix of Egyptian mysticism and spirituality that brought him from a higher dimension. This piece is based on those elements of identity creation, definition and identification that make up a strategy of mental decolonization as an active practice coming from the different metropolises of the #USA and shared by people of color actively living the struggle