Green Beans lap A painting by Alix Beaujour

A painting by Alix Beaujour of a Black Jesus Christ being removed from the cross after his crucifixion

It was inspired by the gospel song "His Eye is on the Sparrow" and the biblical scriptures Matthew 6:26 and Matthew 10:29-31

" originally started as a practitioner of breaking

Yet through it all

Ships rolled and unstretched

Green Beans lap A painting by Alix BeaujourFrom a new series by Kadir Nelson called "The African American" series, the artist pays homage to the African men and women cast into slavery bringing with them age old African traditions and wisdom passed down from generation to generation. Here, the age old ritual of snapping green beans and readying them for last meal of the day is demonstrated by a woman proudly sitting on the front steps of her humble whitewashed home, snapping freshly washed