Herself a pastellist and self-proclaimed art materials geek ... which the Maison uses for their blackest black, the blackest available in pastel form — is friable yet greasy and very difficult ...

Reggie Burrows Hodges, “Community Concern” (2020), acrylic and pastel on linen ... “Community Concern” (2020) offers a glimpse of a Black woman, exuberantly posed and swinging her arms ...