Beekeeper

This piece of peace was a meditation on intense communal effort resulting in the production of enough honey to feed the entire village. The art is a reflection of an ecosystem designed to protect, preserve, and pollinate the flower of life. There are two representations of the flower of life in this peace. If you look hard enough, in this ecosystem you will find the flower, the water, the sun, the soil, the internal geometric matrix of the all-female worker bees, and the special coordinates of the all-powerful Queen.

This piece really was a dedication to the brilliance and work ethic of Black women. And I’m so happy the original lives with my big brother, Justin Lufair, someone who uplifts and respects that brilliance. Justin uses his position to be a servant and elevator of Black women around him. He understands that economic empowerment for one black woman is known to provide for at least 20 others in the community. Black women work hard to provide enough honey for the entire village. I designed this piece to ensure those same Black women get their flowers, and have their honey returned to them three fold.