dedication “The Creative Act” [detail] my work is influenced by and an homage to indigenous artists [the Ndbele], artists who were influenced by the primitive [Picasso, Haring, Dubuffet], artists who went primitive [Gauguin], Southern folk artists [Sister Clementine, Bruce Brice] and to the other famous and anonymous brothers and sisters in the global diaspora whose courage and creativity has ennobled our lives. praise adonai, allah, buddha, the great spirit, the prime mover, jah, jesus, rama, zeus and lenny bruce