Duet for Carmen & Dizzy (Left Panel) ARTISTS_Odili D. Odita In the darkness this apparition

In the darkness this apparition seemed unreal

held in place only by the strength of a few finishing nails

ShadowSpirits at Dusk continues the notion of melding figurative shadow images in an elusive fog-like spatial context

and African and Asian masks

Duet for Carmen & Dizzy (Left Panel) ARTISTS_Odili D. Odita In the darkness this apparitionFrom the Artist Duet for Carmen & Dizzyis a [two part, or diptych] tribute homage to the late Carmen McRae and John Birks (Dizzy) Gillespie. The image grows out of a series of images which have developed over a 20 year period and continues to be built upon. The left half [this print] refers to Dizzy Gillespie, horn player. The rectangular form and various lines represent "Dizzy" and the circle with spiraling lines represent the source and emanations