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TAW African Art Gallery Art Dealler/Gallerist, Senior IT Program Manager, Realestate Professional based out of the DMV.

A Cultural Xenophile, traveling across various countries throught the African Diaspora.

10/16/2026

Pastel Guru Korbet | Self-Taught Mixed-Media Artist
As a member of the City of Bowie Maryland arts Committee, attended the Old Bowie Arts on the Ave, which is a community centered event celebrating local creativity, arts, culture, and connection in the heart of Old Bowie. This day, I had the pleasure of meeting the Pastel Guru Korbet.

Pastel Guru is a self-taught mixed-media artist whose work reflects an intuitive and highly personal approach to creativity. Rather than being confined to a single medium or traditional artistic process, she explores the possibilities created by bringing different materials, textures, colors, and techniques together within the same composition.
Her work demonstrates how being self-taught can become an artistic strength, allowing creativity, experimentation, and personal expression to guide the process rather than a prescribed set of rules. The result is artwork with a distinctive visual character, where color, texture, layering, and imagination work together to create pieces that invite the viewer to look beyond the surface.
What I particularly appreciate about Pastel Guru's journey is that it represents the accessibility of artistic expression. Her work reminds us that becoming an artist does not necessarily begin with formal training; it can begin with curiosity, a willingness to experiment, and the confidence to develop one's own creative voice.

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10/15/2026

BEYOND THE CANVAS: BASQUIAT & ANUNCIAÇÃO — TWO CULTURES, TWO MARKETS, SHARED HUMAN EXPERIENCES

Separated by geography, generation, and culture, American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and Brazilian artist Anunciação S. Silva share a powerful artistic language rooted in expressive figuration, abstraction, and the complexities of human existence.

Both employ distorted figures, bold colors, energetic lines, and emotionally charged imagery to explore the human condition. Yet their approaches differ: Basquiat's layered symbols, anatomical references, and graffiti-inspired markings reflect the intensity of 1980s New York, while Anunciação's vibrant, narrative-driven compositions offer a distinctive perspective shaped by life in Salvador, Bahia.

Why the extraordinary difference in price?

Basquiat, who died in 1988, achieved international recognition, and his limited body of work now commands extraordinary demand, with major paintings selling for millions. Anunciação's original works, currently offered in the approximate $1,200–$5,000 range, present collectors with a far more accessible opportunity.

For art enthusiasts, acquiring an Anunciação original means more than purchasing a painting. It offers an opportunity to support a living artist, engage with Afro-Brazilian cultural expression, and build a meaningful collection around artistic substance rather than market prestige alone.
Their greatest similarity may not be how they paint, but why they paint.

Different histories. Distinct artistic identities. Shared expressions of humanity.

TAW African Art Gallery — Connecting Cultures Through Art.

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10/13/2026

Dee | Honey Blue Designs — The Art of Adornment
As a member of the City of Bowie Maryland arts Committee, attended the Old Bowie Arts on the Ave, which is a community centered event celebrating local creativity, arts, culture, and connection in the heart of Old Bowie. I had the pleasure of meeting Deirdra “Dee,” the creative force behind Honey Blue Designs, who’s works shows her approaches to jewelry creation/design as much more than an accessory.

Dee’s handcrafted pieces are wearable works of art, which combining metals, gemstones, beads, natural materials, texture, and intricate detailing to create jewelry with its own visual personality.

Influenced by artistic and cultural traditions from around the world, Dee brings together elements reminiscent of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian design while maintaining a contemporary aesthetic distinctly her own. Her use of silver, copper, bronze, stones, and other materials gives many of her pieces an organic, almost sculptural quality.
What I found especially interesting about Dee's work is the connection between art and personal expression. A painting transforms a wall and a sculpture transforms a space; Dee's jewelry transforms the person wearing it. Each piece becomes part of an individual's style, identity, and presence, making Honey Blue Designs a wonderful example of art that isn't simply displayed, but lived in and worn.
That last line, “art that isn't simply displayed, but lived in and worn”, would be a great way to distinguish her jewelry when you feature the different artists participating at the Old Bowie Arts on the Ave.
Trust and believe, the TAW team is going to get a couple of pieces designed by Dee!!!
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10/09/2026

🇧🇷 TAW IN BAHIA | WHEN ANCESTRAL SPIRITUALITY BECOMES PUBLIC ART

Sometimes the most meaningful works of art are discovered when you aren't looking for them.

While traveling through Salvador, Bahia, we passed the historic Dique do Tororó, where monumental sculptures rise from the water. These are the Orixás of the Dique, created by Bahian artist Tatti Moreno as a tribute to Candomblé and Salvador's African spiritual heritage.

The installation features 12 Orixás, with eight monumental figures standing in the lagoon and four on land. The figures represent spiritual beings rooted in Yoruba traditions of West Africa, reflecting the enduring connections between African ancestry and Afro-Brazilian identity.

For TAW, seeing these figures reinforced something we experienced repeatedly throughout Bahia:

African heritage is not confined to museums.

It lives in the music.
It lives in the food.
It lives in the dance.
It lives in spiritual traditions.
It lives in the people.
And it lives through ART.

Across generations, African spiritual traditions have endured in Brazil, preserving connections to ancestry, nature, spirituality, and community.

There was something particularly moving about seeing these towering figures standing peacefully in the water—not hidden away, but woven into Salvador's public landscape.

It reminded us that public art can do far more than beautify a community.

It can preserve memory.
It can honor ancestry.
It can teach history.
And it can remind future generations where they come from.

🇧🇷 TAW African Art Gallery
Art • Culture • Connection • Legacy

10/08/2026

🦁 LION ALWAYS | REMEMBERING WILLIAM “LIGGS” LIGGINS

I waited a few days to give my personal salute and flowers to my guy, William “Liggs” Liggins.

Attending his funeral was deeply sad, but it was also warming to see the Lions Crew—teammates, friends, and the DMV hoops community—come together out of love and respect for Liggs.

When I received the news of his transition, I was stunned. Since my mom passed in 2013, I hadn’t been hit like that. Whenever Liggs and I spoke, whether about business or life, he could always make me laugh while giving me guidance. He helped me in so many ways and was my inside connection to what the Lions basketball team would look like each year.

Four words come to mind when I think of Liggs:

Leadership. Purpose. Availability. Unselfishness.

Those who knew him understand exactly how he lived those words.

I was humbled by everyone who came to pay homage, and deeply grateful for the incredible send-off from his Omega Psi Phi family. The words from the Lion Family and his DC colleagues touched me deeply.

What saddens me most is thinking about the young people who will no longer have Liggs there to coach, mentor, and encourage them.

Because Liggs understood that coaching was never simply about developing better athletes. It was about developing better human beings. He taught young people how to compete, persevere, believe in themselves, and reach back to help someone else.

Liggs leaves behind a remarkable legacy as an athlete, coach, mentor, public servant, husband, father, brother, and friend.

But perhaps his greatest legacy is found in the people who are better because he took the time to care.

Liggs found his PURPOSE early—and LIVED IT.

Much love, Brotha. Rest well.
Your work continues through every life you touched. 🦁

10/05/2026

🇧🇷 INTRODUCING THE FACES OF SALVADOR, BAHIA, BRAZIL

As seen through the lens of the TAW African Art Gallery Arts & Cultural Tour.

Salvador is more than a destination. It is a city of people, stories, movement, creativity, history, and culture.

Throughout our journey, we had the opportunity to photograph some of the people who helped bring the spirit of Salvador to life—from artists and creatives to everyday people whose presence, energy, and stories are part of the city’s identity.

Through these faces, we hope to share Salvador not simply as a place we visited, but as a place we experienced, listened to, learned from, and connected with.

Every face tells a story.
Every story adds another layer to the culture.
And every connection becomes part of the journey.

🇧🇷 TAW African Art Gallery
Art • Culture • Connection • Heritage

Introducing the Faces of Salvador, Bahia.

10/01/2026

ANUNCIAÇÃO — ART, CULTURE & THE VOICE OF SALVADOR BAHIA BRAZIL 🇧🇷

Some artistic connections are not measured in days, but in decades.
During TAW African Art Gallery’s recent journey through Salvador, Bahia, we visited the studio of Brazilian visual artist Anunciação in historic Pelourinho.

For me, it was also a reunion. I first encountered Anunciação and his work in Salvador in 2004. Returning to his creative space in 2026 brought those memories full circle.

His work reflects the people, rhythms, spirituality and everyday life of Bahia—from capoeira and percussion to Afro-Brazilian cultural traditions. Through painting, sculpture, mosaics and unconventional materials, Anunciação explores identity, race, spirituality, struggle, resilience and community.

TAW is honored to have his confidence and trust to help introduce, promote and market his work to broader visual arts communities whenever opportunities arise.

For TAW, this is about more than artwork. It is about relationships, cultural connection and bringing important artistic voices across borders.

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Pelourinho, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil 🇧🇷

TAW African Art Gallery — Connecting Artists, Cultures & Collectors Across Borders.

09/29/2026

🇧🇷 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT | MENELAW SETE — SALVADOR, BAHIA

During our journey through Salvador, Bahia, we encountered the work of Menelaw Sete, a Salvador-born artist whose paintings are deeply connected to the energy, people, colors, and cultural life of Bahia.

Born Jorge do Nascimento Ramos, Menelaw Sete began developing his artistic talent as a child and later established his career in Salvador’s historic Pelourinho. His work has since traveled far beyond Bahia, with exhibitions across Europe and other international destinations. (Menelaw Sete⁠)

His paintings are recognized for their expressive use of color, dynamic forms, and connections to Afro-Brazilian culture and the life of Bahia. His own reflections describe his art as a way of telling the story of an ever-changing Afro-Brazilian Bahia. (Rede Globo⁠)

Featured in the TAW collection:
🎨 O Sonho E O Amor (The Dream and the Love)
40 × 39 in | Acrylic on Canvas

🎨 Bahia Dos
48 × 70 in | Acrylic on Canvas

🎨 Brasil Tá No Terreiro (Brasil Is on Earth)
56 × 78.5 in | Acrylic on Canvas

🎨 AfroBahia
39 × 58.5 in | Acrylic on Canvas

For TAW, presenting these works is also part of documenting our connection to Salvador—a city where African heritage, Brazilian identity, creativity, spirituality, music, movement, and visual art continually intersect.

The art of Bahia is not simply something to look at. It is something to experience.

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🇧🇷 TAW African Art Gallery
Art • Culture • Connection • Legacy

Bahia Dos48 x 70Acrylic on Canvas
09/25/2026

Bahia Dos
48 x 70
Acrylic on Canvas

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