Nina (Original)Dimensions: 12" X 16" Year 2021 Medium: Colored Pencil Presentation: Matted

“I love you” to his daughter

The final enduring image from A Gift for a Special Child showing parents committing to bestow the gifts both tangible and intanible that will help their child develop leadership and character qualities

Towards that end Derek is forthright and transparent about his own struggles on the road to victory over childhood trauma

“Your life’s a joke” to which he replied

Dimensions 18" X 22"

For Sale at Orange County Black History Parade and Fair

Dimensions: 12"X16"

The concept is simple: The gift you give to a child will shape the person the child becomes

He does not pretend to be an expert or authority on anything

Let your personality be reflected on the artwork adorning your walls

the first other sale was to a curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

One leaf vein is wrapped into the initials of the artist (DV for Derek Vincent) to show authenticity