Explore African American fine art by Atlanta visual artist Corey Barksdale—original paintings, fine art prints, commissions, and licensing opportunities celebrating Black culture, history, and everyday life. This page helps you discover key themes and navigate to related collections and services.
BARKSDALE STYLE + INFLUENCES:
Bold lines and color combinations like those seen in African art. They come up without him trying, he says. Barksdale visited Africaa year and a half ago and noticed a lot of the homes there that use the patterns and colors he favors. “It’s not something that I force to happen,” he says. “It’s just something that’s ingrained in me from my heritage.”
Music also inspires his work, especially in its ability to connect people from all backgrounds. “It’s spiritual,” he says. “It’s something that I think any person in the world can relate to.”
African-American & other ethnic art.