The Era of the Tongue and LungTheEra of the Tongueand Lung is inspired by Zora Neale Hurston's1938 essay, Art and Such. Moors use of the text is enhanced by repetition and the multiple layering of colors. installed in a grid or quilt like manner, the pattern, rhythm, and color transform a little known Hurston excerpt into a contemporary image rich in connotation. In her essay, Hurston used the phrase in reference to the era of Frederick Douglass, a period of sound and emotion,of

hair and snake shedding—which has been collected over the course of travels

Seeking Softer Light is a print whose theme relates to a body of work entitled Shield of the Nile

find common ground

traditional print media

Laid side by side

that he lives like a plant

To make things worse

The view from my studio faces the ruins of a dock that was

The composition moves between documentary and symbol

in which images can be layered one over the other and locate text within the boundaries of the image

By doing portraits and creating patterns denoting elements that describe cultural contexts

Sam Gilliam