Leroy Campbell "Holy Bonamony" Hand Signed African American Art Wedding Gullah

Description: LeRoy Campbell "Holy Bonamony"This Artwork is: Hand Signed Limited EditionFramed in beautiful silver wood frameSingle white oval mat with black coreImage Size: 14" x 24" Framed Size: 26.5" x 36"Ready to hang hardware includedInterested in framing? Please Contact us! LEROY CAMPBELL (1956 - ) Leroy Campbell was born into the rich culture of the Gullah people of Charleston, South Carolina in 1956. His heritage—overflowing with a vital history and language—would play a significant role in his art in later years. Campbell is well known for his silhouetted Mannerist style images, with elongated necks, legs and arms. He says that his art has, “Spiritual underpinnings.” His style inspiration came from the notion of using stick figures, and also from images he saw in the silhouetted introduction of a television show called, ‘Saints.’ He was also greatly inspired by the stylized art of Ernie Barnes. Campbell’s early works were all paint, but his recent works are laden with mixed media elements like paper, fabric, found objects, and recently old African American Newspapers. His collage inspirations came from two of the artists who influenced his work the most, Jacob Lawrence and Romare Bearden. He says that his goal as an artist is to praise the human spirit, and he wants to encourage people to do things, “in spite of.” Many of his stylized images reflect the ideologies of the Gullah culture from a contemporary perspective, and through his most recent series, “The Newspaper Series,” he deals with some of the history and meaning of newspapers in Gullah tradition. In Gullah tradition, newspapers play a significant role in protection from evil and benevolent spirits. Many of his pieces feature imagery reminiscent of his childhood living in the south, and his adult life in New York City. His goal is to show the viewer that we are all connected notwithstanding locale and time. Leroy Campbell is an internationally recognized visual artist, who has been collected and printed extensively in America and abroad. When he is not traveling and speaking, you can find him most often in his studio creating emphatically and passionately. He has pursued his artistic vision for 20 years, seriously dedicating himself to creating art since 1984. He has an artistic style that is easily recognized due to the way he depicts the human form. A self-taught artist, he is influenced by his birthplace, Monk's Corner, South Carolina. Campbell revisits the rural South in his "Neckbone" series, inhabited by Joe-Neck bone, Joe Neck bone, Jr., and Grandma Corrie. His subjects, proud, God-fearing, and self-reliant, are the backbone of the African-American community. Many originals are created in a collage mixed medium of charcoal, pastels, acrylics, fabric and ink on arches cover acid free rag paper. His art work is identified by silhouetted, elongated figures with long necks. Campbell says his works are respectively named after food, because he considers his works to be food for the soul, for himself and for collectors.Leroy Campbell is a quintessential renaissance artist. His passion for life is captured in the insightful and intuitive portrayal of his subjects. The trademark of torn edges gives viewers a sense of nostalgia. His gifted use of color both excites and mesmerizes his collectors. Campbell’s artwork is sold to contemporary galleries and collectors internationally. His work is displayed in corporations, universities and private collections. Campbell’s distinctive art has been seen on hit television shows “Martin”, “Fresh Prince of Bel Air”, “Living Single”, “The Jamie Foxx Show”, “The Cosby Show”, “In the Heat of the Night”, and in feature productions like “The First Wives Club” and others. Campbell’s works have also been displayed in Japan, Senegal, England and Germany. He has been interviewed for magazines and programs all over the world. Campbell’s commissioned works include: Barcardi Rum, Segrams, Tom Joyner Foundation, Willie Garrett Foundation, 100 Black Men, Newsweek, Cross Roads Theatre, Burger King and more. Campbell is also the author and publisher of a collection of poetry entitled “Morning Dreams”. “As years go by, I see my art as a celebration of Black lifestyles. I try to capture the richness of the culture --- the dance and music. I call it old spirit art; it represents a past, reflective of the African-American experience." Television and Movie Credits• First Wives’s Club • The Jamie Foxx Show• In The Heat of the Night • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air• Martin Lawrence Show • Living Single Select Solo Exhibitions• Historical Backbone, The Resilience and Determination Of A people, 2015• E and S Gallery, 2012• Gullah Collection, Cobb Energy Center, Atlanta GA, 2011• My Soul Looks Back, New York, 2010• Collective, New York 2009• Mackey Twins Gallery, New Rochelle, NY, 2007• Generations of Neckbones, New York 1993• Neckbones and Blackeye Peas, New York, 1992 Select Private Collections and Permanent Collections• Abdoulay Wade, President of Senegal• Samuel L. Jackson, Actor, Film Producer• Ruth Brown, Singer, Songwriter, Actor• Tom Joyner, Radio Personality• Terry McMillan, Author• Dr. Maya Angelou, Author, Poet• Sunny Hostin, CNN Commentator• Ed Gordon, Journalist and BET Host• Mary Lou Williams Center, Duke University• Sodexo Corporate Offices• Sojourner Family Peace Center Select Publications• My Authentic Self, Self Published Author• Journal of the National Medical Association, Cover Art-12 issues• The Red Rose Box, Brenda Woods, Cover Art• The Boulé Journal, Cover Art• Gavin, Cover Art• The American Bible Society, Cover Art• Beyond Malpractice, Illustrator We value you as our customer. Please contact us with any questions or concerns. Your positive feedback and reviews are greatly appreciated.