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I paint what the ground remembers.

AFRO DISAPORA EXXPRESSIONIST   

_The Drum Is God's Language_ 40_ x 60__e

 

 

 

                                                                               

I do not simply make paintings.
I bear cultural witness.

 

“For over five decades, I have created paintings rooted in memory, migration, and cultural witness…”
 

My work lives at the intersection of memory, migration, and endurance.

Each painting is a living archive.
Each surface holds what remains.

“Drumming Buddies” 2016  John Obafemi Jones  Acrylic on canvas “10 x 20” Sold

16' x 24" Mix Media

"Blue Moon Jammin "

48" x72" Mix media

Ellaville Juke

30" x 40" Mix Media

"Cruzan Gothic"

16' x 20" Mix Media

_Dancing to Jordan_

16" x 20" Mix Media

"Sunday Best"

"16x 20" Mix Media

_ Celestial conversation_ When women talk”

30" x 40" Mix Media

Juba this, Juba that, Rise Up 2015 SOLD

30" x 36" Mix Media

Green in' Blue  5' x8'mix media

Acrylic, enamel, and paint markers on canvas 60" x 72"

SELECTED WORKS

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The paintings:

Each work is a witness statement — rooted in Jazz, Bamboula, and the memory of Afro-Atlantic peoples. Figures that are faceless but never voiceless.

The Vision Behind the Work

 

I channel the rhythms of the Diaspora, painting stories that pulse with history and humanity. Each piece is an exploration of memory, forging connections between the past and the present.

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"The ground still remembers 

And through my work — so do we"

 

P.O. Box 3554, Frederiksted VI, 00841-3554 -3660


jobafemi@gmail.com
Tel: 340-690-6614

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