The Artwork of Pheoris West

“Africentricity is what explains the structure of my art work while not neglecting the aspect of making art.  Making the arts comes from a passion to create that artists are blessed with.  Making artwork is a way of creating life.”

Mama
Mama
“He is a great teacher and a master artist with an expansive knowledge of history and art."
Black Magician
Black Magician
"Art is Life and Life is Art"

His most common subject is the black woman. He considers her a symbol for Mother Earth, for the cradle of humanity.

Visionary Genius

Teacher

Bing Davis

"West gives tangible form to the ancient African concept of the co-existence of the physical and spiritual world."

Mentor

Friend

Summer Breeze
Summer Breeze
“The works are testimonials of life, celebrations of joy, psalms of hope, proclamations of pride and victories of endurance. Through his expressions we learn about ourselves and our capacity to grow.”
The Garden
The Garden
“There, on the wall, ...was this painting. The layers of colors, the compositional elements, the seemingly effortless shift from abstraction to representations of things not solely of this life or this world. I looked down, saw it was painted by Pheoris and thought,”This is someone who could help me become a better painter.”

“He is a great teacher and a master artist with an expansive knowledge of history and art."

Dennison Griffith

"He revels in unlocking understanding in others and you can read it in his gaze"

Pheoris West

"Her presence is symbolic.  She is mother earth; she is after all 'Dinknash'; the oldest evidence of human presence recently discovered in Ethiopia.  She is the icon representing the cradle of humanity."

 

“To teach is to learn”

CONTACT

 

pheoriswest@gmail.com