By John Obafemi Jones, Afro-Diasporic Expressionist | Cultural Storyteller | Legacy Builder   Before the colors. Before the canvas. “There is silence” my process starts not with paint, but breath. Each of my works is a form of meditation, a ritual. I listen for voices before me—those who could not paint or speak freely, yet passed down the “spirit”. I mix colors like family recipes—some from the South, others with Caribbean light. Underpainting becomes a form of memory, each

By John Obafemi Jones — Artist & Cultural Legacy Advocate The Art of the In-Between Across continents and generations, artists from diasporic backgrounds are painting what it feels like to live between worlds. Neither fully at home in the ancestral land nor entirely assimilated into the adopted culture, these artists inhabit an in-between space—a fluid identity that resists confinement. Consider the Caribbean-British artist who layers ancestral color with urban rhythm. The

By John Obafemi Jones “When we say we own a piece of art, what we really mean is—we’re carrying it forward.” The Quiet Power of...

“It’s We Who Wear the Mask.” 2023 Mix media 16” x 20” $500.00 The mixed media painting "It is We Who Wear the Mask" is a tribute to the...

As the caribbean sun bursts through my studio window, it catches the gleam of wet paint, bringing my canvases to life in a dance of...

"Clarksdale Juke" John Obafemi Jones 2015 Acrylic & Oil sticks on canvas "16 x 20" Sold My parents had a deep love for music, Mom loved...