(2430 Studio / M. Lawrence Photography). "I’m an American-African (African descent), I make wall art for people who want their home to feel like a place they can breathe in again. My work lives in the space where Afro-Asian Art speak to create quietly, honestly, a merging without force. Shaped by shared histories, cultural exchange, and the long arc of American African & Asian solidarity. The photograph holds my structure and restraint, while my painting carries my mood within the colors."

I'm moving through Southeast Asia with respect: its streets and coastlines, its rituals and everyday moments, its softness and its grit. I’m not trying to “capture” a culture like a souvenir. I’m trying to listen, then translate what I felt into something you can live with. Pieces that don’t just decorate a wall, but offer calm, presence, and a little room to reflect."