St. Lucie River Story

NEW Work was spawned from the image used as the invitation for my exhibition at the Miami-Dade Cultural Resource Gallery in downtown Miami, FL (left). This new body of work, in both color and black-and-white, documents the relationship of land and water along coastal Florida. However that relationship is intertwined with a rich culture that begins with a family's arrival in the 1920's.

In the early 20th century many African Americans moved north (of the Mason-Dixon line) in order to better themselves and provide their children with some hope for a future. Some, however, felt that the south still held the most promise and refused to move north instead choosing to move south.

From South Carolina to Florida, they brought some unspoken traditions that were just part of the way people were back home. Call it soul, call it what you will, much of this interior self-knowledge was handed down through generations that survived the era of slavery.

[photo credit: St. Lucie Tributary - onajide shabaka]


{Fund This Project-in-progress - receive a gift of one the above images taken along the St. Lucie River. Please indicate which image you are interested in acquiring when your investment in this project is made. All images are currently available in the size of 11x14 in.}