Eye am "MOOR" than U know (SERIES)

EYE AM " MOOR", THAN U KNOW.
Size 24in x 20 in
Acrylics + Marker on canvas.
Each framed in black wood

The series came about after looking at @asherald
Work and researching Barkley Hendricks' work. I wanted to try more subtle yet vivid images for my work. I still wrote on my piece, but not as much. The main characters are flattened to the surface, and yet, decorated behind them is another style of paint. I wanted colorful backgrounds, but intricate designs and flat images all in one frame. The words to the top left say " Moor, More Muslim, Spain: insinuating the need for Muslim influence in a society through art, architecture, and spirituality, like what the Moors did in Spain. This was a very long process, but I pushed myself to make them look simple and less tedious.

Each Black Muslim Moor image is not really facially recognizable and was taken from paintings done from that period on the clothing that they wore. I wanted to make the colors look flat yet Pop on the canvas.
The title refers to our Black Muslim heritage that we as a people all share, but most of us don't know, and was deliberately kept away from us in our public schools.