H U G E A U X

 

     

(Above painting)

 Titled: Polynesia peering into the Ribault River.  Circa 2002. 

 Made totally of Cactus apple dye, Aloe Vera and watercolor.

 

Arte Mecco is the art form of blending

modern art, abstract art,

art deco and art nouveau.

Arte Mecco painting

was discovered in Marion County, in the city

of Indianapolis, Indiana in the year 1991 in the United States of

America. The discoverer of Arte Mecco is the

African American Artist, Colorist and Photographer Hugeaux who was born

in Duval County of Jacksonville, Florida on October 09, 1961. This style first

took on the name Hugeaux's Women, until the turn of the millennium 2000,

when it became apparent that this was a natural style of watercolor painting.

The classical dance form known as Modern Dance inspired the style of Arte

Mecco painting. The form of the line, geometric shapes and colors gives the

fluid movement of the human form in motion on paper. The style of

Arte Mecco uses watercolors. In his experimenting with colors, he has

turned to using natural juices, as aloe Vera and flower petals in the

ever-longing quest to find new and inventive resources. Hugeaux has

discovered colors from the pomegranate fruit, the cactus apple or

prickly pear, the mulberry and the four-o-clocker flower, which make

the Arte Mecco painting carry a more environmental beauty.

Inscription 1991

For more than ten years the women has endured as

a continuing inspiration

for Hugeaux. From the full formed torsos with their

distinctive curves of

flirtation or seduction to the lithe supple interlock of

dignified femininity,

the grace of these women continue to be represented

in this collection.

When Hugeaux joined his inspiration, from around the world, be brought

a breathtaking series of innovation to the world of the woman and man.

Among his inspiration was the use of various shades of color. He saw

that the strength; delicate sparkle and soft expression made it a unique

effective setting for elegance, whether rendered in a dramatic beauty

for a princess or in a delicate strong attractiveness for an emperor.

Hugeaux's devotion to the beauty and subtle fire of the African American

woman continues to inspire today's collections. When Hugeaux created

his first Arte Mecco painting, not one but two Hugeaux traditions were

born, that of strength in beauty and of the combination of antiquity. The

sophisticated modernism of Arte Mecco and the richness of precious

spirit continue with jeweled versions of Hugeaux's most celebrated

Arte Mecco paintings. There is nothing so precious as lifting the spirit,

love, wishes and congratulations of the strength of beauty.

2003

Arte Mecco is during this season

heavily influenced by the Mongolian

culture. Working with bamboo. There

is more emphasis placed on shapes

and thickness of lines. There is a pull of cross-pollination from Egyptian to

Chinese, of antiquity. The modern contemporary approach must be used

to divide the image into halves.

Title: Before we knew (from the mother of everything) by artist Vandorn Hinnant. Art style: Lightweaving. An example of the Ying-yang. Permission granted by artist.

The hieroglyphs or patterning are important in bringing depth into the image.

The female form is now customary in Arte-Mecco as colors of blue,

orange and cactus apple dye are being blended to create skin tones .

The cactus apple dye is very sensitive to light, though when full dried

have a deep bronze color. Arte-Mecco has always had the imagery

of appearing very effeminate from afar. Arte Mecco is very masculine

when seeing up close. This is the ying-yang affect. Over the next decade,

you can see Hugeaux has experimented and perfected more with this new

from Arte Mecco, as it is natural art style

The Character of the Cactus Apple dye or (Prickly Pear)

The cactus apple dye is a permanent pigment of the Florida cactus.

During spring and fall seasons this cactus does not bear the yellow flower

of the typical cactus, but it bears a plump burgundy fruit with about

100 - 200 small seeds, it resembles the papaya with its many seeds.

The juice from this fruit illicit an ink of burgundy. The cactus apple varies

in hues. It can radiate a deep rosy pigment. A burgundy wine pigment.

It can radiate a blood rich pigment. These pigments blend in a hue to

create a fleshy deep burgundy rose.

The fruit is known in Mexico as tuna. It can be eaten. The fruit is used

in the making of tequila. Each fruit, on the outer skin contains small circular

patches of micro needle thorns. The fruit is very prickly. This dye takes

to paper very well. It bleeds well into crevices. It mixes well with all

watercolors. It is easily coverable with other colors, and projects its

reddish hue under any color it is under.

The Florida Indians (Seminoles, Cherokee and Creeks) used it also to

tanning for the body. It is also a hue for luster to the hair. Whitening for

the teeth. It can also be used for temporary tattooing.

The belief is that the pigment is permanent. It is very sensitive to light.

The pigment flows like water. One cactus leaf is known to contain

between 5 - 12 plumb fruit. Open sunlight is recommended for plump fruit.

Arte Mecco is the only art that is using this style of dyeing paper with the

cactus apple fruit.

The pigment stains wood very well. The cactus fruit is not very plentiful

in the summer and winter seasons. When fully dried the color turns to bronze.

The Characteristic of the Pomegranate Juice Dye

/ The Royal Purple.

Similar to the characteristic of the cactus apple dye, an earlier writing on

its usage as a dye for the art form of Arte Mecco, the pomegranate has

served the similar purpose. The pomegranate juice of the pomegranate

fruit elicits a rich royal dark purple dye. In the early years of 2000,

Hugeaux discovered that the pomegranate dye is fraternal to the cactus

apple dye.

His quest to discover more colors in the usage of Arte Mecco has led his

explorations towards the pomegranate fruit.

The pomegranate dye radiates a royal purple color in appearance, which is

unfamiliar with the burgundy hue of the cactus apple dye. Over a period of

time, the pomegranate dye changes little in color and hue. When the

pomegranate dye is applied to paper, as in a blot, it creates a Saturn-like

ring affect around its rich royal purple color. This staining-like affect makes

Arte Mecco appear to be spoiled and soiled, though giving Arte Mecco a

multi-hallucinating appearances to viewers.

The many examples are apparent in earlier Arte Mecco paintings titled:

Belinda #308/2001, Francella #293/2001 and Danashae #292/2001.

The pomegranate has challenged his advancement of Arte Mecco, as

now a blot or splot has created a new focal for creation. The pomegranate

dye allows him the observation to watch the dye soak the paper, while it

created the Saturn-like ring effect. The search for newer and vibrant hues

in Arte Mecco has allowed the pomegranate dye to combine with the

cactus apple dye to formulate an Arte Mecco painting uncharacteristic

prior to its discovery. Arte Mecco is the only art form, which uses the

pomegranate juice dye, the cactus apple dye and the Four-o-clocker

flower dye.

The pomegranate juice dye is easy to apply and mixes well with other

watercolors. Hugeaux has observed that the pomegranate dye can be

camouflaged within other pigments of purple, making the natural eye,

very hard to detect its hue. The pomegranate dye is undetectable to the

human eye. This royal purple: the pomegranate dye, has a characteristic

of leaving traces of bronze-like colors, as one can see on the outer rim

of its Saturn-like ring.

This discovery came by accident while the artist during the 2001 Christmas

was on holiday in Jacksonville, Florida. He returned after 21 years to re-live

in the house of his birthplace, 1977 West 16th Street, Jacksonville, Florida

32209. He was working on new Arte Mecco creations. While eating a

pomegranate, a juicy and fleshy seed dropped onto the paper, creating a

royal purple yolk and Saturn-like ring. Inspired by this newly discovery,

Hugeaux quickly collected the juice to be used to further the development

of Arte Mecco. He found that this fleshy and juicy seed of the pomegranate

fruit has the similarity in appearance of an egg with a purple yolk.

Arte Mecco and the quest for newly discoveries has captured the

pomegranate juice dye within a series of Arte Mecco paintings on paper.

The pomegranate partnered with the cactus apple have equated a

naturalistic and fresh approach to Arte Mecco.

The Character of Aloe Vera

Not many writings have been created for the use of Aloe Vera as a

painting applicant. Applying Aloe Vera as a substance to further the

development of Arte Mecco has brought his creativity into another realm.

This ancient plant, with its healing properties has fascinated his quest. Aloe

Vera is a thick fluid when applied onto paper. Aloe Vera is a fluid, which

is hard to control when it first hits the paper. Aloe Vera tends to dilute any

substance it is applied upon. The fascination with Aloe Vera came by a

mistake made when creating the Arte Mecco painting Polynesia peering

into the Ribault River in 2002. Hugeaux created a Hyglyx (read chapter;

The interpretation of the Hyglyx, below) of a veil to cover the feminine

bird/human-like creature of the painting. Hugeaux saw how applying Aloe

Vera to the skin of Polynesia brought another luster to the image as with

the cactus apple dye. Hugeaux's inspiration to apply Aloe Vera to cover

the entire painting had caused the Hyglyx veil made of indigo ink, to lift the

ink and smeared the veil, in a mascara-like display. This discovery caused

by a mistake gave the veil a mesh feel create from the dots.

The strength of Aloe Vera carries a dramatic purpose for Arte Mecco.

When applying Aloe Vera to watercolor, the Aloe Vera, glistens then

absorbs into the paper. This yellowish gel, distracted from the plant naturally,

 produces a heavy gel, sometimes with stands of red running through the gel.

 Hugeaux had found that by using the Aloe Vera naturally from its leaf, he

was able to apply the Aloe Vera smoothly by using the leaf as an instrument.

Aloe Vera takes quickly to paper and when let stand too long can make

the applying of the gel very difficult. This method of Arte Mecco painting

has duel attributes. Firstly, preparing the paper by coating the paper with

Aloe Vera, before creating the Arte Mecco painting, can resulting into a

softening of the paper to allow the water from the watercolors to flow

easily. Secondly, when combined with watercolors, it can result into a

richness of the color's hue.

Aloe Vera, pungent color and staining can make the preparing of the paper

look fragmented, especially when trying to view this surface as a clean vision.

Arte Mecco direction has been guided by this newly discovered quest. One

of the supreme discoveries of the Aloe Vera plant and how it is used in Arte

Mecco, is when it is heavily concentrated, if can condition the paper into

becoming softer, more flexible and pliable. Aloe Vera acts as a coating to

preserve the Arte Mecco paintings. When Aloe Vera is heavily applied to

paper a rather cloth feel is present, similar to the feel of silk. This inspirational

discovery has given Hugeaux the inter-interpretation of the feeling of painting

on silk. The flexibility of the paper now, enables him to roll the paper without

encountering creases. The softness of the paper adds strength to its pliability.

The mucus of the Aloe Vera plant is very difficult to manipulate. The mucus

of the Aloe Vera contains a gel membrane sacked by the liquid juice. The

artist has found that to pollinate the gel with the liquid, he had to create mucus

in which he could apply evenly to the paper. Using a knife and blending

the two substances in his hand, thus the applying process must be done

quickly. There is an inspirational feeling of ancient African and American

Indian fundamentalist present. Pollinating various watercolors with in the

Aloe Vera mucus, The artist Hugeaux has found that its bleeding process

makes the colors explode in a kaleidoscopic manner. This innate process

of painting with Aloe Vera has advanced the art form of Arte Mecco.

The Interpretation of The Hyglyx

A Hyglyx is a borrowed term originating from the

word HUGEAUX

and the patterning designs in Egyptian Art; called

Hieroglyphics,

modernized and used in the art style of Arte Mecco.

The Interpretation

of The Hyglyx pronounced "Hi -gleex" is a plural.

The term Hyglyx is a

plural term founded by artist Hugeaux along his historic perfection of the

art form called: Arte Mecco.

The Webster dictionary defines Hieroglyphics as a system of hieroglyphic

writing; specifically : the picture script of the ancient Egyptian priesthood

often used in plural but sing. or plural in construction. This is congruent

with Hyglyx as the patterning used in Arte Mecco is constructed in a

pluralistic manner, though unlike Hieroglyphic doesn't convey between

its patterning, wholly, a story or message.

The ornamentation of Hyglyx as in Hieroglyphics are a conjunction of

pluralism. The repletion of the patterning, applied freely by hand, and not

any printing method, is fraternal to the priests in ancient Egypt script writing.

Webster defines Pluralism as : a theory that there are more than one or

more than two kinds of ultimate reality. This is also fraternal to the

message Arte Mecco displayed in its Ying-yang description of Masculinity

and Femininity.

Pluralism is the dissecting factor, which is present among the Hyglyx that

are present in Arte Mecco. Ornamentation is recognized as in King

Solomon's era of virgins and the wearing of fine ornamented clothing of

needlework of a king's daughter (Psalm #45:14) She shall be brought unto

the king in raiment of needlework: the virgin her companions that follow

her shall be brought unto thee.Other similarities are found in

Exodus #26:36, 27:16, 28:39, 36:37 38:18 and Judges 5:30.

A close up of the Hyglyx. Ornamentation. Detailed patterning needlework applied by hand. Made of Indigo ink and Cactus apple dye. Arte Mecco.

A Hyglyx opts the eyes towards ornamentation. This process is very

effeminate, as described earlier in Pluralism and virginity, though the

geometric configuration is definite masculine. A Hyglyx constellation

of dots, can give the impression of an outline torso/figure. This is very

prevalent in adding to the movement of Arte Mecco. Hyglyx can give

the impression of pearls, beads, or confetti suspended in mid air. Hyglyx

can give the impression of flower petals, peacock feathers and the sun rays.

The method is very apart of the forming of Arte Mecco.

The Hyglyx can change the structure of an Arte Mecco painting.

Configuration for example in the Arte Mecco painting Dotty #63/2002

where a colorful and auto-motion effect of paints are intertwined within

the image, as Hyglyx as placed upon these shapes, giving the Arte Mecco

painting Dotty #63/2002 a retro 1960 lava lamp feel.

Hyglyx can create the images of any ornamented hallucination Arte Mecco

chooses to express. The Hyglyx effects of water are borrowed from

Egyptian hieroglyphics. This process of curling a line is a process, in which

he borrowed from Egyptian hieroglyphic, though applied to many different

areas of Arte Mecco. Hyglyx is a new term to the art and cultural vocabulary,

is definitely a defined and structured method of patterning, used throughout

the art form of Arte Mecco.

Classic Arte Mecco

Polynesia peering into the Ribault River is a classic example of Arte Mecco.

The painting was created in Fall 2002 in Jacksonville, Florida. The entire

watercolor painting is compiled of the cactus apple dye and aloe Vera.

Her bird-like silhouette, perched atop a branch displays a naturalistic

matriarch figure. Her body is combined of the colors: blue, orange,

yellow and 10 coating of the cactus apple dye.

The wing-embroidered tattoo on her back, gives the affect of a wing

placed eternally onto her body. Polynesia's peacock appeal illuminates

the morning sunlight, which creates a liquid ray upon a sunbeam. There

is a cross pollination of the Pacific breeze and the Atlantic swamp, that

stimulates your senses, of being in a breeze flowing through wind chimes

of her peacock feathers.

Indigo jet-black mane gives the painting a wet swampy feel. The influences

of Egyptian hieroglyphics or Hyglyx are the major patterning on display in

this painting. This is similar to the history of Arte Deco. Arte Mecco has

slanted the effects of Art Deco, in this painting Polynesia peering into the

Ribault River by classically exposing Art Deco to modernism, thus the term

Arte Mecco is created.

A strong Mongolian influence is the major influence of this painting.

New Guinea, Fiji, New Caledonia, etc. for example has interbred with the

swampy bayous of Florida, Georgia and Louisiana in a celebration of the

Southern Hemisphere. The painting appears to be continuously damp and

wet. This is partly due to the application and coating of the plant: Aloe.

The Aloe Vera plant originated in the warm, dry climates of Africa.

The Bible's mention of removing Jesus from the cross and wrapping his

body in aloes and myrrh, (John 19:39) and Aloe Vera was used by King

Solomon, who mentioned to have valued it highly. That the plant is also

known in Asia and the Pacific, and is found in the folklore of the Japanese,

the Philippines and the Hawaiians, this was a major inspiration for the

Arte Mecco interbreeding with the pacific culture. Aloe Vera has drawn

the attention of the most sophisticated of minds. Aloe Vera, some have

thought to believe, that a Sumerian clay tablet, found in the city of Nippur,

written around 2200 BC, was one of the original documents to include

Aloe Vera among plants of great healing power. The discussion of

Aloe Vera's medicinal value can found in the Papyrus ebers, an Egyptian

document written around1550BC. Not much evidence is written on the

use of Aloe Vera as a preservative for paper, though Arte Mecco has

begun to use Aloe Vera as a preservative.

Title: Curiosity by artist Mohamed Buwe Osman. An example of Contemporary African Art. Permission granted by artist.

Egyptian queen Cleopatra used Aloe Vera to protect her skin. As she was

young and radiant, Aloe Vera is famous for its beautifying effect. A similarity

can be made with Cleopatra and Polynesia. As Cleopatra peers down the

Nile river basking in the sun. So is Polynesia peering into the Ribault River.

Jean Ribault, a Huguenot name is given for this beautiful and serene river.

The Ribault River as the Frenchmen during the 1500 called the river

"the most beautiful, rich and pleasant in the world." A strong Indian culture

 has kept the treasures of this river as a sapphire of aquatic beauty.

Located in the northern part of Jacksonville, the Ribault River is an

interlocking of fauna and flora. The river has a tendency to change from

a sapphire blue to a dark tea and to a shimmering mirror green. The

stillness of the river can make the river look like a serpentine mirror as

it intertwines with the sun and sky. Muscadine vines, palmettos, magnolias,

swamp grass, honeysuckle and pines, to name a few are a wonderful

potpourri of nature's aromas. The steam from the Ribault River rises

during the morning dew, as oyster eating egrets, ospreys and herons fly

over, giving their brightness to the river and sky. Polynesia peering into

the Ribault River is a one of a kind with nature. Her perching and staring

into the Ribault River is the strong wildness and rarity of this aquatic treasure.

The Indians of this region used this river as inspiration, food, song and marriage.

A strong Indian present is felt upon this river. Perched on a mulberry tree

one can hear the male calling sounds of the red-cardinal.

Wildlife is abundant there.

The tattooing detailing is heavily influenced by The artist Hugeaux's

Cherokee Indian culture. During the 2002 - 2003 year, tattooing was

created more in depth for the stylizing of Arte Mecco. Tattooing in

Arte Mecco painting has created a painting inside a painting. The tattooed

wing affect upon Polynesia peering into the Ribault River back, is

synonymous to the word perching, which is synonymous to a bird, thus

a wing incorporating a feminine bird. Controversial to the tail of the

male peacock, masculinity has been placed on the macho analysis

of Arte Mecco.

As explained in earlier writings on Arte Mecco, the painting Polynesia

peering into the Ribault River appears very effeminate from afar, but when

viewed up close is very masculine. The tattooing adds to the machismo of

Polynesia peering into the Ribault River. The painting is very detailed.

Polynesia peering into the Ribault River is one of the major Arte Mecco

painting in which several weeks we required to finish this delicate creation.

Over 10 coatings of cactus apple dye has been applied. Over 5 coatings

of Aloe have also been applied. The effect of the Ribault River is a blend

of watercolor blue and the cactus apple dye. Not only in Polynesia peering

into the Ribault River that the Hyglyx are incorporated but also they can be

traced back to the earlier Arte Mecco created by Hugeaux in the 1990's in

Indianapolis, Indiana.

Her lace-covered veil is a combination of Indigo ink and Aloe Vera. The

Aloe Vera when applied to Indigo ink, created a lacy veil effect in the

painting Polynesia peering into the Ribault River. Metallic gold was applied

to give the painting the radiant shimmering inspiration of morning rays.

Polynesia peering into the Ribault River was created during the mornings.

The morning rays were the artist major inspiration to Polynesia peering into

the Ribault River. Her abstract perching image gives the painting a modern

twist on iconic Art Deco and Art Nouveau. Geometry is incorporated into

"Polynesia peering into the Ribault River" as a balancing tool to control the

un-tameness of Abstraction. The erectness of her curved form is an

example of geometry at work. Her curve has been directed into a 90

degree angle, though giving the painting "Polynesia peering into the

Ribault River" a central focal point. The Hyglyx circle of the bulb of cactus

apple dye surrounded by another circle against the oblong structure of

the sun, offsets its central hold. This offset causes a switch in the focal

point, just the major characteristic of Arte Mecco.

The osprey-like sleekness of Polynesia peering into the Ribault River is

also conceived in its sister creation titled: Capricia staring into Atlantic

 Ocean#328/2002. A similarity to Cleopatra can be seen in conjunction

to staring into celestial bodies of water. Cleopatra's gazing into the Nile

can be seen through Polynesia peering into the Ribault River. The goddess

like femininity of Polynesia peering into the Ribault River gives a strong

connotation to the virginity of her perching. The Hyglyx, which are placed

next to her lithe shoulder acts as an eagle's eye.

Dimension can be seen as the cactus apple dye was applied to the upper

part of the Hyglyx used in creating the Ribault River. The river seems

higher on one side of the painting, as the red sky and oblong sun plunges

into the center of the painting. The artist reasoning behind this was to add

a falling into the painting as if one was perched high atop a palmetto tree

peering down into the Ribault River. The morning sunbeams shimmering

through the peacock like-feathers warms the painting as the peacock

feathers are abstractly placed on the Hyglyx of the Ribault River.

The Hyglyx of the eagle eyes sections the painting Polynesia peering into the

Ribault River into the formation of a peak. The Hyglyx are placed

disconnectively to give the abstract version resembling a bird, and the

heaviness of the indigo ink of talons. The orbit like Hyglyx of the black

moon are placed at the upper right of the Arte Mecco painting Polynesia

peering into the Ribault River spreading tentacles of talons similar to sunrays.

The black moon pours out a lava luster of gold liquid which emerges into

the cactus apple dye Hyglyx of the Ribault River. This effect gives the

painting Polynesia peering into the Ribault River, a sense of liquid

movement. The curving of her torso appears to be an avoidance of the

heat of the moons gold lava liquid, while erectly basking in the new

morning sunrays.

A balancing effect is the major instrument used in all Arte Mecco. Seen

in Polynesia peering into the Ribault River this occurs with the strokes

of the purple and orange lines. In comparison, the balancing in all

Arte Mecco paintings is the first application in Arte Mecco painting.

A balancing occurs at the initial start and is maintain, through enhancements

and applied Hyglyx, throughout the complete process. Two strokes

were needed for Polynesia peering into the Ribault River. A human

formed torso is placed between the lines to give the Arte Mecco process

symmetry,then the Hyglyx detailing are applied. In all Arte Mecco

paintings there is a similarity as seen in Polynesia peering into the

Ribault River.

The historic significance of Polynesia peering into the Ribault River is

that of the illustrious blue beauty of the Ribault River as captured in

this Arte Mecco painting symbolizing the rivers majesty history. This

homage of combining Arte Mecco with the Ribault River, gives great

honor to this Native American sapphire, which was renamed by the

Frenchman Jean Ribault. The myth of this Arte Mecco painting Polynesia

peering into the Ribault River is that there has never have been seen any

wild peacocks along the river. The Ribault river can at certain point

appear almost like a mirror of black tea. This was inspired by the artist

Hugeaux when creating the Hyglyx black orbit moon, with the gold liquid

to be perceived as the Ribault River's mirror effect.

The Hyglyx of the rosy cotton sky is a symbol of reflection given by the

cactus apple dye tips of the Hyglyx black orbit moon rays. The rays of t

he black orbit moon are definitely borrowed from Art Deco. Symbolizing

talons of the sun and also generated by the drawing that ancient Egyptian

artists used to depict beams of light. By placing cactus apple dyed tips on

the beam, Polynesia peering into the Ribault River slants or rather tilts back

to Arte Mecco. When viewing the painting up close, one can see the Hyglyx

of a Mariposa forming in the lava of the black-gold liquid orbiting moon.

The Hyglyx of the Mariposa has placed another dimension upon Polynesia

peering into the Ribault River. The presents of the Hyglyx of the Mariposa

make the painting a kaleidoscope of nature. The wing tips of the Hyglyx

of the Mariposa are bulb-like as if a cocoon is being created. The 4-5

coatings of the cactus apple dye upon the Hyglyx of the Mariposa, places

a bronzing effect upon the shimmering gold. The three veils beneath the

black orbit moon and against the lava gold liquid connotes the glare

of its presents.

The Arte Mecco Movement

The Arte Mecco movement philosophy centralized on the usage

of Internet technological innovations for exhibiting together through

the Internet On-Line process. The Arte Mecco movement occurred when

the artist Hugeaux wrote electronically to his art colleagues in the summer

of 2006: Mohamed Buwe Osman and Vandorn Hinnant to join him in

creating a new art movement, thus the Arte Mecco movement was born.

References

Armstrong, W.P. 2001. Wayne's Word: 9 May 2001. http://waynesword.palomar.edu/wayne.htm (12 June 2001)

Lee. S.P., K. Wang and Y.D. Ha (1998). Functional properties of

mucilage and pigment extracted from Opuntia ficus-indica. Journal

of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition 27:821-826.

External Links

Hinnant, Vandorn. Lightweaving The art of Vandorn Hinnant. http://www.lightweavings.com/

Osman, Mohamed Buwe.

Contemporary African Art. http://www.osmanart.net/

National Conference of Artists.  New York,NewYork. http://www.ncanewyork.com

Art Deco Society of Washington D.C.http://www.adsw.org

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