I paint with oil and acrylics, utilizing collage in an impressionistic and abstract style. Most of my paintings are primarily influenced by the feminine mystique: the femme fatale, the exotic, queer and the ordinary woman ... "Ballet Noir" is a painting and collage inspired by the famous black ballerinas who influence ballet history. Raven Wilkinson (one of the first), Misty Copeland, Precious Adams, Debra Austin to name a few.