I am a visual artist, a story teller, a creative. I am the fourth generation Althea on the maternal side of my family. I come from a long line of powerful, creative, healing women. I am now a mom raising the fifth generation Althea. I created 4XA to honor them, the women who came before me and the generations that will come after me.

My work is deeply rooted in ancestral memory and the cultural knowledge retained, transformed, and passed down throughout the African diaspora. As a Black American woman, I have long been drawn to examining identity—beginning with my own personal exploration and expanding outward to local and global communities. This curiosity informs my art practice, which involves mixed media, through a lens of Black Etherealism, intertwining history and imagination. I work with various mediums such as gouache, oil, naturally derived pigments, textiles, stained glass, mosaic tile.

The retainment of fragments of ancestral memory from across various regions of Africa during the transatlantic slave trade and the early periods of settlement in the Americas, and how these cultural threads evolved into new forms of expression, is fascinating to me. Through my work, I explore how stories, symbolism, and communal practices continue to anchor identity and preserve lineage, even amidst displacement and systemic erasure.

My artistic mission is grounded in love, curiosity, inspiration, and visual storytelling. I aim to illuminate narratives that are often overlooked, amplify voices that have been marginalized, and celebrate the beauty, brilliance, and creativity of people of color. I create work that is vibrant, immersive, and ethereal, inviting audiences to engage with histories, identities, and shared experiences that resonate across time and space.

At the heart of my practice is a commitment to honoring the past while envisioning empowered futures. I seek to inspire, provoke reflection, and nurture connection within communities by creating spaces where art functions as both witness and catalyst for dialogue, healing, and transformation. Ultimately, my work is a testament to the enduring power of ancestral knowledge, the richness of diasporic culture, and the strength found in storytelling as a tool for resilience, remembrance, and hope.