The Blueprint (Limited Edition) (2026) Original Girls in the News is

Girls in the News is a second piece inspired by news coverage of black children and families in inner-city neighborhoods that are not typically included as important to "urban renewal' efforts

echoing histories of delay

" bears a fascinating history that dates back to its creation in 1840 by the inventive mind of Belgian craftsman Adolphe Sax

textured and layered with history: fragments of headlines

and jazz (Wikipedia)—and influenced influential guitarists such as Muddy Waters

The Blueprint (Limited Edition) (2026) Original Girls in the News is36 x 48 Mixed Media (Acrylic, Newsprint; paper bag): Standing shoulder to shoulder. Bodies built from fragments of newsprint and earth the record always present, always layered. Where faces might be, something rises. Dark. Full. Unbroken. This is the blueprint the style, the music, the language, the way of moving through the world as they were meant to. A through line that connects Black contemporary life back to its first breath. We didn't begin