After creating drawings for the past 40 years, his creative expression still depict the would as we see it today, there is nothing artificial about John Nelson Drawing, each drawing has it’s unique personality and emotion, you have to see to believe. John Nelson is truly a master of his craft
John Nelson is truly an American hero, Born and raised in the inner city of Washington D.C., this artist spent most of his life observing the shape and form of his culture, from the little baby asleep( serenity) in the crib, to the people in the cotton field picking cotton ( “The Only Way Out”)the young lady want so bad to leave and the cotton field to get a good education.
At a young age, I have been bless to see the world as it is, not as I want it to be, with a stroke of my pencil, I can make that time stand still. Growing up during the civil rights movement, it was not popular to be black in America so Mr. Nelson decided to dedicate his life to creating strong black images of black people with strong social thems.
That was a strange time as a teenager to see picture of black people with white lips in a negative situation, I was 14 year old when I herd Martin Luther King speak at the lincoln Mamorial it was a day I can not for get, I have my piece of history by working under the tint at the march on Washington, making silk sceen signs, I pay for that day my mother gave me a good beating for being away all that day, it was worth it.
His jazz collection is truly a masterpiece, the rendering of Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie will last threw out the distance of time. For many years, people have been talking and saying he has excellent technique and a strong since of creativity.
Top pencil artist and drawings in Washington D.C
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