Ubuntu : Humanity (Zulu)
40x30” Mixed Media Painting

A mosaic of overlapping rectangles, this painting reveals the truth at the heart of our shared existence: I am because we are. Each shape holds its own textures, marks, and stories — reminders of the unrepeatable uniqueness each of us carries. But it’s in their meeting, their layering, their connection, that something larger emerges. Ubuntu calls us to see that our individuality doesn’t separate us; it strengthens the whole. This piece stands for the radical, beautiful belief that we belong to one another — that our greatest power rises from how we hold, uplift, and illuminate each other.

(Ubuntu — a Zulu philosophy meaning “I am because we are,” celebrating interdependence and shared human dignity.)