The Black One Flies #2 | 6"X6"

This is a complete narrative sequence, four paintings meant to be held together as a single unfolding vision. The artist draws from a poem written by Tika about her own childhood, embedding fragments of the original text within the layers of paint. You see the words surfacing and receding, a palimpsest of memory written over but never erased.

The bird moves across the panels in flight, tracing a journey from childhood into adulthood. It is the sudden clarity of finding yourself inside a world you once only dreamed of. A threshold crossed. For a collector, this piece offers something rare: a poem, a painting sequence, and a meditation on time, held together across four panels. A handwritten copy of the original poem is included with the package, inviting you to hold the words that started it all.