Series: Shantay, We Will Stay!
Washington in Red
“True liberty is not reserved for the few, it breathes where truth dares to exist.”
No longer silent on the margins, they rewrite the founding myth. Freedom in their voice, rebellion in their stance, they claims space for every person told they weren’t part of the promise.
Oil on Canvas
18x24
Year
2025
Lincoln in Blue
“A nation divided on who is allowed to be seen will never be whole.”
They speak of emancipation not as past tense, but as a continuing demand, for trans rights, for queer rights, for human rights.
Oil on Canvas
18x24
Year
2025
Reverend Luther King Jr.
Freedom is not just the absence of chains, it is the presence of dignity, self-expression, and the right to exist without apology.
16x20in
Oil on Canvas
Year
2026
Miss Lady Liberty
“Bring me your bold, your radiant, your unapologetically queer.”
Through sharp shapes and vibrant colors, I’m celebrating the power to be. Because freedom isn’t freedom unless it’s for all of us.
12x16
Oil on Canvas
Year
2025
Ruth
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
"I dissent. In every shade. For everyone the law has tried to forget."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg reimagined in drag, painted louder than the gray of the bench. The dissent collar becomes a crown. The colors of her face refuse to stay quiet.
16×20
Oil on Canvas
Year
2026
Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
"Stand still, stand firm, and refuse to disappear." Mahatma Gandhi is reimagined in drag, his quiet strength rendered in full color. The man who changed history without raising a hand becomes a reminder that resistance does not need violence to be powerful. Here, peaceful protest becomes a bold act of visibility.
16×20
Oil on Canvas
Year
2026