D. Lammie-Hanson, Fayetteville, GA
D. Lammie-Hanson is a self-taught artist who was born and raised in Harlem, New York. She began her life in the arts as a dancer at the tender age of 3 ½ at the Ruth Williams Dance Studio in Harlem with ballet. She exhibited talent as a visual artist at the age of 5. Due to the fact that she was raised strictly Catholic, she drew her inspiration from figures in the Stations of the Cross from church and the stories they told. As she matured so did her art where her inspiration was derived from psychological and emotional side of womanhood and her culture. She relies on strong primary colors of blues and reds to convey brilliance or simplicity with black/white.