Tawny Chatmon

Tawny Chatmon! Gorgeous art!

Art by Tawny Chatmon

Tawny Chatmon, American (1979- ), Economic Heritage, from the series The Reconciliation, 2024, embroidery and acrylic paint on archival pigment photographic print, 47 x 32 in

Tawny Chatmon: Sanctuaries of Truth, Dissolution of Lies | Exhibition | National Museum of Women in the Arts

I hope to see you @ the opening event of my exhibition, Sanctuaries of Truth, Dissolution of Lies, at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC.

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"The primary theme that drives my art practice today is celebrating the beauty of black childhood." This striking Gustav Klimt-inspired painting is by Maryland based artist Tawny Chatmon.
#WomenArtists #FineArt #BlackArtists #ArtHistory

The Redemption by Tawny Chatmon
@tawnychatmon.bsky.social

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.
#20
#blueskyart #art #painting

Tawny Chatmon
Redemption
Acrylic paint and 24 k gold leaf over photograph

Golden hues and graceful narratives: Tawny Chatmon celebrates black cultural heritage — Visualflood Magazine Tawny Chatmon's captivating portrait series seamlessly melds photography and artistry, creating a visual homage to Black beauty and culture. Her intricate use

Golden hues and graceful narratives: Tawny Chatmon celebrates black cultural heritage: #art, #craft, #crafts, #crafting, #photography, #photo, #blackidentity, #blackculture, #blackbeauty.

A mixed media work consisting of a photo of two little Black girls, standing forehead to forehead, holding hands and giggling. The girls are both wearing long summer dresses. The girl on the left wears her natural hair loose, save for a small topknot at the top of her head. The girl on the right wears her hair in several long braids, which have been decorated with small gold bands. The dresses the girls wear and the gold bands on the girl with the braids' hair have been rendered in gold leaf and small jewels, similar to Gustav Klimt's gold works. In the background, a small wildflower meadow blooms.

Mornin'. Have some Tawny Chatmon to start your day #Art

Trust, everything from the kidnappings and illegal deportations to the hot mic threats targeting U.S. citizens, & the removal of people who are here legally simply for protesting human rights violations are part of a tactic to scare you into silence & submission.

Of course, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being labeled a terrorist and criminal! This is what they do to justify their wrongdoings! They dehumanize and feed you lies to make injustice look like justice! It’s straight from the white "supremacy" playbook, used to carry out terror WITH public approval!

I’m not necessarily afraid of the idiots and the racists... they’ll always find a way to exist. What truly scares me are the people who let them decide what they’re allowed to know.
The ones willing to let them take away their access to the whole truth

Tawny Chatmon, American (1979- ), The Braiding Hour / Barrettes, 2017-18, 24k gold leaf and acrylic paint on photograph, archival pigment print, 43 x 37 in

Tawny Chatmon.
Iconografía y todas las generaciones nos llamarán bienaventuradas, 2022.

Gorgeous! I can not wait to see it in person!

Book called Anti Colonial Research Praxis Methods for Knowledge Justice on a small table with fairy lights and a cup of coffee

How gorgeous is this cover art! @tawnychatmon.bsky.social is the best 🙌🏽

I have barely started using this yet and want to download Flashes too but haven't gotten around to it! Not sure yet that I really need or want it.

Has anyone downloaded flashes?

Last August, I spoke with Dr. Yndia Lorick-Wilmot for her incredible podcast, Belonging to Blackness, and the episode was just released today. (Pls click to listen) Dr. Lorick-Wilmot is a scholar, author, one of my wonderful collectors, and so much more.

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A little Black girl, about six years old - with long curly black and blond hair, in a medium that combines photography with gold leaf and precious stones. her arms have multiple gold bracelets, and her dress is made of various gold materials.

Tawny Chatmon (American, born 1979)
Sweetheart, 2016/2020
24k gold leaf, acrylic, precious stones (Natural Pearl) on archival pigment print
25 × 21 in (63.5 × 53.3 cm)
(W/thanks to @maryellen brown)

A mixed-media portrait of a little Black girl with natural hair. She is sitting at a 3/4 angle to the viewer, her facial expression neutral. Her hair pulled back slightly by a golden barrette that resembles a laurel branch, revealing the geometric pattern shaved into her undercut. She is wearing a gold robe encrusted with jewels.

Mornin'. Have some Tawny Chatmon to start your day. #Art

I wish I could be shocked by Trump’s insidious comments about denying Palestinians the right to return to their homes and the blatant attempt at a land grab. It's disgusting and expected

Meanwhile, those who are actually placed in positions through DEI and Affirmative Action in reality are overqualified, highly skilled, brilliant, holding multiple degrees (who would not have been hired in this racist ass country had affirmative action/DEI never been implemented).

Trump is a very sick
person leading an already sick nation, built on oppressive ideals, who, by his own logic, and his distorted understanding of DEl, holds his position (in the warped dimension where DEI means what HE says it means), despite being an unqualified, mediocre, and unhinged white male.

It takes a certain type of narcissism and psychopathy to desire a career & lifestyle devoted to upholding Power, Government & Authoritarianism

It screams being afraid (fear) & a lack of identity more than anything else

Thank you for sharing

Remnants/Peace and Joy Are Birthrights of All Beings,” by Tawny Chatmon. Banneker-Douglass Museum

Todays feeling

Beautiful! Nice to see you here. Getting the hang of this 🙏🏽

Book cover design for Anti-Colonial Research Praxis: Methods for Knowledge Justice, edited by Caroline Lenette. The main title, subtitle, and editor’s name appear at the top right corner. At the centre, against a pale background, a young Black girl stands sideways in a field of colourful circles and vertical lines representing flowers and stems. Her gaze is turned towards the viewer. The young girl’s beaded braids fall across her shoulder. Her sleeveless dress glitters in circular gold patterns. She wears gold bracelets of different sizes from her wrist to the upper arm.

📕 📗 Book cover design 📘 📙
I can wait to share this edited collection in 2025! The artist whose art is featured is Tawny Chatmon (follow on IG).

Tawny Chatmon
Redemption
Acrylic paint and 24 karat gold leaf over photograph
Klimt-like

Tawny Chatmon, American (1979- ), lconography / And All Generations Shall Call Us Blessed, 2022, 24k gold leaf, paper, abalone shell, and acrylic on archival pigment print, 121.9 x 96.5 cm, private collection