Greetings. My name is Mwasi. I was born in Springfield, Massachusetts – a runaway who faced the adversities of the streets alone, searching for beauty in a world of loneliness and heartbreaks. Through my art I show these struggles and beauty. I reveal the loneliness and the heartaches that I have endured. With a stroke of my brush I made the tears I shed disappear, the sadness I felt turn to laughter, and my pangs turn into rains of a warm summer day. I can change day to night and paint a heaven from hell. No matter where I came from, my journey is only as great as my imagination. Throughout my life, no matter how adverse, I refused failure. Not even in my past incarceration was my mind enslaved.
I have never had instructions in painting, am self-taught and offer a wide range. My gift is truly what it is – a gift. My desire is to continue to paint using the models that are in my mind. My thoughts on canvas are what I’d like to say. I hope that each and everyone who has the opportunity to view my work and interpret each piece from experiences in their own lives.
