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Fine Art For Fine People
Contemporary African American Artist
Tyrone Geter
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Speak Easy Speak Free
Enough | Charcoal, Torn Paper, Cloth, Necklace In today’s world, where speaking truth is increasingly under threat, Speak Easy Speak Free...
Tyrone Geter
Oct 21 min read


Lightning
Lightning In My Hands | Procreate/Photoshop digital painting The Digital Lightning Series presents a world where children, born into the...
Tyrone Geter
Oct 21 min read


Enduring Spirit
Safornia Fron Nina Simone "Four Women" Enduring Spirit is a collection of African American art first exhibited at the columbia Museum...
Tyrone Geter
Oct 21 min read


Brave New World
Brave New World is built on an imagined future, yet it is one already seeded in our present. Rising seas, unbreathable air, fires left to...
Tyrone Geter
Oct 21 min read


Line Value Shape = Motionless Movement
At first encounter , these drawings appear anchored in stillness—portraits, village scenes, figures suspended in charcoal. Yet as the...
Tyrone Geter
Sep 132 min read


KUNTE KINTEH ISLAND
Title: The Swim to Freedom: A Gambian Tale The Gambia’s shores, where the river meets the sea, were once a pivotal waypoint in the...
Tyrone Geter
Dec 7, 20241 min read


NEW STUDIO JAMBANJELLY, THE GAMBIA
Ibrahim survey his new playground Three years ago, my daughter, her Gambian husband and I embarked on an ambitious project to construct a...
Tyrone Geter
Dec 3, 20241 min read


ENDURING SPIRIT
Updated: Feb 24 This drawing was last seen at the Neema Art Gallery in Charleston, SC under the care of Meisha Johnson. The Gallery...
Tyrone Geter
Dec 3, 20243 min read


ALABAMA TO OHIO BY MODERN DAY RAILS
I grew up in Anniston, AL during the infamous reign of Governor George Wallace. My family’s history was and still is based in...
Tyrone Geter
Dec 3, 20242 min read


THE BLACK ARTIST AND AFRICA
... One of the first things that struck me when I went into the streets and villages to draw was the glow in the faces. It was a glow...
Tyrone Geter
Dec 3, 20241 min read
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