Mickalene Thomas

I would borrow some of the My peers were – they were good. They were like, oh, yeah, he used some of this. People weren't too stingy or trying to keep you away from that. But I think we all were working and they saw that I was definitely in my studio all the time. And so sometimes people throw away tubes of paint because they think it's not good and you just cut it open. It's still painted there.

It's kind of like, you know, like, you know, toothpaste, you know, you kind of, so I would, you know, take an exacto knife and cut it down the middle and just open it up. And it's kind of like with some of the turp medium, just use some of what I had.

It's kind of like, you know, like, you know, toothpaste, you know, you kind of, so I would, you know, take an exacto knife and cut it down the middle and just open it up. And it's kind of like with some of the turp medium, just use some of what I had.

It's kind of like, you know, like, you know, toothpaste, you know, you kind of, so I would, you know, take an exacto knife and cut it down the middle and just open it up. And it's kind of like with some of the turp medium, just use some of what I had.

Yes, I am. And I feel like she's, Definitely always around me. I know that for sure. Like the other day, it was like I sat down in a certain way, and I felt like I was sitting like my mother. I was like, oh, my mother sits like that. Like I felt her.

Yes, I am. And I feel like she's, Definitely always around me. I know that for sure. Like the other day, it was like I sat down in a certain way, and I felt like I was sitting like my mother. I was like, oh, my mother sits like that. Like I felt her.

Yes, I am. And I feel like she's, Definitely always around me. I know that for sure. Like the other day, it was like I sat down in a certain way, and I felt like I was sitting like my mother. I was like, oh, my mother sits like that. Like I felt her.

Oh, yes, and I love it now. Before, I grew up as a kid not looking like her and always covet the fact that I was like, why don't I look like my mother? And I had a cousin who looked like her and they used to always mistake my cousin for my mother's daughter, which really kind of like messed me up as a child. Yeah. But now when I look in the mirror, I was just like, ah, there you are.

Oh, yes, and I love it now. Before, I grew up as a kid not looking like her and always covet the fact that I was like, why don't I look like my mother? And I had a cousin who looked like her and they used to always mistake my cousin for my mother's daughter, which really kind of like messed me up as a child. Yeah. But now when I look in the mirror, I was just like, ah, there you are.

Oh, yes, and I love it now. Before, I grew up as a kid not looking like her and always covet the fact that I was like, why don't I look like my mother? And I had a cousin who looked like her and they used to always mistake my cousin for my mother's daughter, which really kind of like messed me up as a child. Yeah. But now when I look in the mirror, I was just like, ah, there you are.

Oh, yeah. She's got to see it, experience it.

Oh, yeah. She's got to see it, experience it.

Oh, yeah. She's got to see it, experience it.

celebrated she was celebrated for it she loved the fact that she was a part of my art she loved coming to the openings she loved coming to my friends openings she never when I decided I wanted to be an artist she never looked at it as like now why are you wanting to go and do that some of those things were in my head but she never she never vocalized that she was a supportive dance and music and

celebrated she was celebrated for it she loved the fact that she was a part of my art she loved coming to the openings she loved coming to my friends openings she never when I decided I wanted to be an artist she never looked at it as like now why are you wanting to go and do that some of those things were in my head but she never she never vocalized that she was a supportive dance and music and

celebrated she was celebrated for it she loved the fact that she was a part of my art she loved coming to the openings she loved coming to my friends openings she never when I decided I wanted to be an artist she never looked at it as like now why are you wanting to go and do that some of those things were in my head but she never she never vocalized that she was a supportive dance and music and

All things theater. I mean, that's one of the things we shared.

All things theater. I mean, that's one of the things we shared.

All things theater. I mean, that's one of the things we shared.

Thank you.