Artist Portfolio Pages

Daren Chambers: Born in the Bronx, New York of mixed African American and Puerto Rican descent, at birth he was legally blind in his left eye. However that doesn't stop him from his artistic ability. He is a 3rd generation artist. His grandfather also studied art at the Arts Students League and exhibited at the Studio Museum in Harlem. A self-taught artist, he has been painting since the age of six and soon became convinced that painting was his destiny.

Diane Davis: Diane Davis is a painter who has exhibited throughout the Metropolitan area in group and solo shows in museums and art galleries. She was honored by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture as one of the 125 Black New York artist of the 20th Century in 1998. Her work "Sunrise Dancers" was published by the Schomburg in the catalogue "Black New York Artists of the 20th Century".

Her most recent exhibits include Hampton University in 2008 and Chashama, 2008. Davis is included in the Pomegranate 2009 agenda book titled "365 Days of Black History, In Praise of Women. Davis is a feature artist in the documentary titled "Nine by Five", which focuses on the careers of five New York Artist from the five boroughs. Davis was a feature artist on NY1. She has been reviewed in many newspapers including The New York Times

Eric Henderson: An accomplished illustrator and painter, Al Johnson has been a professional artist most of his life. He has studied at Pratt Art Institute, The Art Student League of New York, and the Albert Pale School of Commercial Arts. Following his passion, Mr. Johnson founded the Cross Culture Gallery during the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia in 1996. Mr. Johnson has been invited to exhibit in many corners of the world, including the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum in Japan. His fine art continues to be shown and collected internationally as he continues to create new visions in the feature film, television and music video industry. His oil on canvas portrait of Assemblywoman Shirley Chisholm is the first African American woman to be installed in Brooklyn Borough Hall.

Al Johnson: An accomplished illustrator and painter, Al Johnson has been a professional artist most of his life. He has studied at Pratt Art Institute, The Art Student League of New York, and the Albert Pale School of Commercial Arts. Following his passion, Mr. Johnson founded the Cross Culture Gallery during the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia in 1996. Mr. Johnson has been invited to exhibit in many corners of the world, including the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum in Japan. His fine art continues to be shown and collected internationally as he continues to create new visions in the feature film, television and music video industry. His oil on canvas portrait of Assemblywoman Shirley Chisholm is the first African American woman to be installed in Brooklyn Borough Hall.

Charly Palmer: A successful graphic designer and illustrator with his own design studio and Fortune 500 clientele, Palmer's fine art work is also allegorical. Using newsprint scraps of slave auctions and civil rights events, Palmer creates complex pictorial compositions in a technique and style that is unique and readily identifiable revealing the truth of the African-American experience. During his Carlos period, Palmer's work illustrated more abstraction and spontaniety, and less restraint.

Palmer has been the recipient of significant commissions including official posters for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 1998 Winter Olympics in Japan, as well as for the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, his state of residence.

Diane Waller: Diane’s photographs have appeared in exhibitions throughout the tri-state area, and are in private collections across the United States and Europe. Her paintings have been exhibited widely; and her whimsical pottery is included in numerous individual collections in the tri-state area,plus California, Florida and London. Diane works simultaneously in all three media, often combining them for arresting effects. For example, her pottery often displays her painting or photographs and her photographs serve as inspiration for her painting.

Emmett Wigglesworth: Muralist, painter, printmaker, sculptor, fabric designer and poet born in Phila., Pa. He attended the Philadelphia College of Art and has designed and illustrated several books and magazines including Harper and Row, McGraw Hill, Macmillan Press, American Books and Sesame Street Magazine. He has taught art at the New Muse in Brooklyn, the J.O.I.N. Center of Brooklyn, The Harlem Parents Association in Manhattan and The Children's Art Carnival.