Deep in the Black Hills of Deep South Dakota

24 x 30 The artist depicts the Mount Rushmore sculpture and includes Lincoln along with his favorite heros who are from left to right: Martin Luther King Jr., W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, Sojourner Truth, and Abraham Lincoln is smiling in approval. There are tombstone epitaph's at the base of each figure including their births and deaths they range in chronological age from youngest to oldest starting with Dr. King.The sky is full of orange grandeur and liquid green-gold which represents their new found freedom from bondage and slavery. The actual canvas is in the thre dimensional shape of a mountain with concave edges and convex in the middle. The artist used the theme coined by T.S. Elliott "objective correlative" which means he took familiar themes and correlated them to an object in nature.

To Thee I Sing

30 x 20 Acrylic on Sandstone. I returned from a month in Italy with a friend and when we got a ride from the La Guardia Airport we heard a news flash about Teinneman Square crack down and I was looking at the Statue of Liberty out of the car window. When the piece was finished it was stacked on my studio wall and while leaning it fell and cracked thus completing the concept.

Lift Your Voice & Sing

11 x 17 Poster. In this recent addition to his Black Artist's series, John Nichols commemorates the artists of the Harlem Renaissance and the Negro Spiritual "Lift Every Voice and Sing". Represented are prominent musicians, artists, entertainers, etc., who gathered at the Dark Tower, and were responsible for creating a legacy of artistry which crossed cultural barriers.

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