Don’t Owe Explanations
Black Woman Love Letters series
Mixed Media on Canvas. 2021.
72in x 36in
This work is included in the “Black Woman Love Letters” series. Reflecting on ideas the artist has fully embraced that have been essential to her health—this work focuses on trauma, grief, and emotional, mental, and physical labor. “Don’t Owe Explanations” centers the unique daily exhaustion that Black women endure and the act of rest as a means of resistance, reparations, and healing.