The Green Book (Limited Edition) (2023) (16 x 20 Unframed) and vibrancy expose an underlying

and vibrancy expose an underlying narrative of pain and loss

Seven Crowns (2024) (Limited Edition)

The title nods to the emotional tension echoed in Benson’s Masquerade—the idea of moving through the world behind carefully held faces

the artwork incorporates important symbols such as a timepiece

from their skin tone to the tightness of the curls in their hair

The Green Book (Limited Edition) (2023) (16 x 20 Unframed) and vibrancy expose an underlyingThe Green Book (2023), an annual guidebook for African Americans and other non whites, was originated and published by African American New York City mailman Victor Hugo Green from 1936 to 1966, during the era of Jim Crow laws, when open and often legally prescribed discrimination widespread. The emerging African American middle class bought automobiles but faced various dangers along the road, from the refusal of food and lodging to arbitrary arrest.