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GREAT WORK!!!

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This is one of my small works series called "thread sketches"

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This group is dedicated to small treasures which are often unseen specifically miniature drawings or paintings. Feel free to post works that are small. Small or miniature works I considered to be 5X 7-in. and lower.

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At 9:53pm on October 24, 2009, malik seneferu added a gift to their profile…: High-Top Sneakers
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At 6:20pm on October 24, 2009, Christine Robakidze said…: love your work

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At 10:01am on August 14, 2009, David Emmanuel Noel said…: Passing by to wish you a great weekend! D

At 5:19pm on August 7, 2009, CarolinaUrra said…: Tank you very much, Malik for accept my friend invitation!

At 12:15pm on July 13, 2009, orinink-rodrick perry said…: hot pallete,great vision.please let me know when and where you are showing.

At 1:59am on April 15, 2009, Sharlene said…: Hey Malik...thanks for the shout out back in January, I'm guilty of not visiting the site on a regular basis. I'm taking a hiatis from my art until I reorganize my life! But I wanted to stop by and show some love. I LOVE your artwork very vibrant but meaningful...kudos! One Love Sharlene

At 7:17pm on March 14, 2009, Noha-el Marcyleze Grange said…: blessing artist and thank u. u have great vision

At 2:52am on March 6, 2009, Giora Eshkol said…: Thx body

At 11:30am on January 31, 2009, Valerie Y. Barmore said…: Beautiful, amazing work.

At 12:12pm on January 16, 2009, nilgun said…: Hello Malik,thanks for your comment,Your color palette and your style are amazing...

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First Name: malik

Last Name: seneferu

Age: 35-55

Which of the following best describe you?: Illustrator, Painter, Graphic Designer, Professional Creative, Performance artist

How often are you the first among your friends to try something new?: Very often

What do you want people to know most about you?: ARTIST STATEMENT
MALIK SENEFERU

Memories of my childhood play a tremendous role in my approach to creating art today. In my early years my mother a single parent lived in fear for my health due to the environmental hazards of San Francisco’s Hunters Point district. I suffered with asthma. Therefore, my innate interest to drawing and painting became that of a marriage over sports modeling my pursuit for constant spiritual mental and physical elevation. Having siblings among others as viewers of my work challenged me to go beyond my limitations. I remember my late grandmother a Barber and tailor sewing for hours at her machine after coming home from work. I would sit at her feet and draw on a paper bag with a pen, marker, crayon or a number two pencil.

Art is an absolute liberation of my imagination, a tool I use to communicate and share my “inner-light.” I have regular memories of my childhood working at the local super market, helping elders with their shopping bags. Receiving tips helping my grandmother in her barber shop by sweeping up the hairs to find money mysteriously hidden in large clumps. At the end of each service, those who knew me would say, “Keep up the good work and never stop doing your art.” From these experiences, I have learned the treasure of focusing on minuet details. Eventually, I realized in my artistic process that I too would hide treasures.

Living with this artistic expression is ritualistic in act and meditative in thought. Many times in the midst of creating, I experience dejavu. The realization of a single moment is obsolete only until it is captured by a memory of a stroke; a thought or pause for observation that I have discovered represents reincarnation of that tangible moment. Because of this, the very act of creating fine art is imparted with the relationship and responsibility I have with THE CREATOR. “The purpose of my existence.”

I also feel it is my duty as self taught artist to have an internal dialog with the viewer and in many cases the ancestors, where at this point I find inspiration for artistic expression. Fathering my child, serving my community, drumming, martial arts, poetry, philosophy and ancestral facts (history), all helps with the enhancement of my expression, to captures the Black, experience in America. I enjoy manipulating dry water-based paints, oil pastels, ink pen, found objects or assemblage. Book illustrations, portraiture, and public art projects have brought me closer to my community. The purpose of my compositions is to elevate the social, political, environmental and spiritual issues of people deeply challenged by oppression. This has been my greatest enrapture.

Kenya and Haiti are places for instance that influence the bold and dramatic colors in my works. Henry Ossawa Tanner, Aaron Douglas, John Biggers and Jean-Michel Basquiat (to name a few) has inspired my artistic direction. Being an artist and growing up with-in low-income housing projects, surrounded by the early stages of Hip-Hop, had an immense impact on my ability to create freely. Although this bold life style of music, poetry, art, dance, and intense research today seems barbaric. It nevertheless has influenced me to be boundless in my creative efforts to deliver messages of empowerment to the indigenous peoples of the world.

What is your website address?: http://aestheticacension.ning.com

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