BARBARA RUSSELL AKA MS. B. THE DOODLE QUEEN A TEACHING VISUAL ARTIST/ARTS ACTIVIST AND MEMBER OF THE HARLEM ARTS ALLIANCES FOR THREE YEARS. FROM SHOWING AND SELLING ON NYC STREETS TO GAINING AN INTERNATIONAL ARTS RESIDENCY SHE PROMOTES HER ENVIRONMENTAL ART MESSAGE FOR MANKIND TO BE KIND TO THE EARTH WITH DUE DILIGENCE. SHE SHARES WITH EACH VIEWER A THUMBNAIL VERSION OF A PEACEFUL GARDEN THAT IS COMPRISED OF SIMPLISTIC LINE & PAINT GESTURES THAT TELLS A KINECT COLORFUL STORY. USING HER IMAGINATION CHANNEL THE POWERS OF HER FOREMOTHERS AND FATHERS SHE RENDERS UNFAMILAR AND FAMILIAR LINE FLAIRS DARING WITH BOLD SPACING AND SHAPES OF COLORBLOCKS
mohawk burst
mohawk burst
Works on Paper
my fictitious tropical mindset revealed as a Harlem artist, I find it postively necessary to provide healing colors to interweave between my pen & ink drawings to support a whimiscal version of nature and the wonderful fragrances they present from which we can inhale and exhale on a daily basis.
Garden Variety
Garden Variety
Works on Paper
a whimsical array of abstract exotic floral bunches that thrives on energy from the sun but is okay to live in space that has artificial light because its woman made not god created.
Antenna
Antenna
Works on Paper
another ms b the doodle queen glicee print examines the dynamics of exotic shrubbery that in a imaginative world lives in sand like a cactus or on a white sandy beach growing 3 feet tall for everyone to amaze but if planted outside of its true home will warrant a hefty summon for its rarity.
Sunshine
Sunshine
Painting
a ms b the doodle queen glicee prints focus's in on the idea of whimsical pink rose that not thorns but has rainbow leaves of color that anchors in rich soil to produce off springs that will eventually have a rainbow of ideas to share with the world that reconvenes the notion of propserity
Blue Flower
Blue Flower
Works on Paper
glicee print by ms b the doodle queen whimsical creates a rare flower that grows in urban soil as seen only on urban rooftops because it grows best when it is very close to the blue skies above. Its markings have shades of night blue to skyblue petal coloring to signal when it receives moonlight and sunlight.
Parents with children
Parents with children
Works on Paper
glicee print express the complexity of family life as seen from a garden viewpoint close knit but growing in varied directions yet unified its thirst for food and water. The entire family enjoys non fat plain yogurt for breakfast lunch or dinner feel free to share sparingly. No on in the family wants to become obese
known
known
Works on Paper
glicee print by ms b the doodle queen who explores the idea that everybody wants to be known for something in the lifetime. Could it be that some will seek headlines to destroy or hate one another. The marking of the black flower represents that particular personality disorder. Feel free to weed out those in the garden who feel powerful with destructive ways and attitudes. Prune with vengeance.
fish leaves
fish leaves
Works on Paper
another glicee print from ms b the doodle queen who creatively renders plant life in the shape of whimsical fish with the thought of plants growing on the bottom of the sea next to shipwrecks and relics. Fish Leaves grow with a tangle mingle greet to all those who scuba close to see them sprout with buds that resembles fish eyes
Mohawk sister
Mohawk sister
Works on Paper
another ms b the doodle queen glicee print submits to a Coney island, Brooklyn New York atmosphere of sun and fun with night time fireworks exposing varied colors of light that dazzle the senses as it marks the dark skies with strips of color