Mickalene Thomas

And so I went with him to see Carrie Mae Weems' show at the Portland Art Museum.

Her art is a series of photographs that really depicting sort of the black woman she's known for her early works of the Kitchen Table series. And that's the work that I first saw at the Portland Art Museum was her series of photographs, which reminded me of my own family and myself. I just remember standing in front of those photographs and seeing myself.

Her art is a series of photographs that really depicting sort of the black woman she's known for her early works of the Kitchen Table series. And that's the work that I first saw at the Portland Art Museum was her series of photographs, which reminded me of my own family and myself. I just remember standing in front of those photographs and seeing myself.

Her art is a series of photographs that really depicting sort of the black woman she's known for her early works of the Kitchen Table series. And that's the work that I first saw at the Portland Art Museum was her series of photographs, which reminded me of my own family and myself. I just remember standing in front of those photographs and seeing myself.

And I never felt that way before in front of art. And that was because I saw myself in the image. I saw myself as that little girl sitting at the table. I saw the woman as my mother. I saw the male as whatever male figure that was in my life at the time. And it was like depicting family, love, domesticity. It was just...

And I never felt that way before in front of art. And that was because I saw myself in the image. I saw myself as that little girl sitting at the table. I saw the woman as my mother. I saw the male as whatever male figure that was in my life at the time. And it was like depicting family, love, domesticity. It was just...

And I never felt that way before in front of art. And that was because I saw myself in the image. I saw myself as that little girl sitting at the table. I saw the woman as my mother. I saw the male as whatever male figure that was in my life at the time. And it was like depicting family, love, domesticity. It was just...

an expression of a black experience that was complex and dimensional that allowed me to understand that there was a power with the image with black people in it. I kept going back to the exhibit after I went with my friend. Really? How many times did you go? Do you remember? Probably about four or five times. Yeah. Until it closed.

an expression of a black experience that was complex and dimensional that allowed me to understand that there was a power with the image with black people in it. I kept going back to the exhibit after I went with my friend. Really? How many times did you go? Do you remember? Probably about four or five times. Yeah. Until it closed.

an expression of a black experience that was complex and dimensional that allowed me to understand that there was a power with the image with black people in it. I kept going back to the exhibit after I went with my friend. Really? How many times did you go? Do you remember? Probably about four or five times. Yeah. Until it closed.

And then I also bought a stack of the postcards of the Table series and the Mirror Mirror. And went to the art store to grab some supplies of Reeves B.F. Cates. Paper and some oil pastels and used Carrie Mae Weems postcard photographic images as references and for like some of my drawings, just like looking at them.

And then I also bought a stack of the postcards of the Table series and the Mirror Mirror. And went to the art store to grab some supplies of Reeves B.F. Cates. Paper and some oil pastels and used Carrie Mae Weems postcard photographic images as references and for like some of my drawings, just like looking at them.

And then I also bought a stack of the postcards of the Table series and the Mirror Mirror. And went to the art store to grab some supplies of Reeves B.F. Cates. Paper and some oil pastels and used Carrie Mae Weems postcard photographic images as references and for like some of my drawings, just like looking at them.

Yeah. And then I was surrounded by artists in Portland who was embarking on that as a profession.

Yeah. And then I was surrounded by artists in Portland who was embarking on that as a profession.

Yeah. And then I was surrounded by artists in Portland who was embarking on that as a profession.

I'm glad you asked this question because it wasn't like there was a story that I grew up with. It was a reality that I grew up with. You know, my brother and I lived in the hillside and a house. We had our own room and it was decorated the way any kid would want their room. You know, we had like the latest things all the time.

I'm glad you asked this question because it wasn't like there was a story that I grew up with. It was a reality that I grew up with. You know, my brother and I lived in the hillside and a house. We had our own room and it was decorated the way any kid would want their room. You know, we had like the latest things all the time.

I'm glad you asked this question because it wasn't like there was a story that I grew up with. It was a reality that I grew up with. You know, my brother and I lived in the hillside and a house. We had our own room and it was decorated the way any kid would want their room. You know, we had like the latest things all the time.

My mother drove a Cadillac Seville, which was like at that time an expensive car. And my mother was taking care of the family in South Jersey, whether it was helping family members out with rent or medical bills or whatever was needed. That's what my mother was doing. At that point, she was involved and engaged to a drug dealer, and then he eventually got caught.