For My Brothers With Sons I Paint This

This series is a love letter and a reckoning—an offering of visual testimony to the men who carry both the weight of their histories and the hopes for their children’s futures. Through each canvas, For My Brothers With Sons, I Paint Thisexplores the quiet dignity, the inherited trauma, the joy, and the perseverance of Black fatherhood—seen and unseen, praised and misunderstood.

These paintings are not just portraits; they are meditations. On the lessons passed down in silence. On the battles fought behind closed doors. On the tenderness that often goes unspoken. They serve as visual heirlooms—evidence that your presence matters, that your struggles are not invisible, and that your love echoes beyond you.

This work is for the ones raising sons in a world that often misunderstands them. For the ones doing their best with what they were given. For the ones breaking cycles. For the ones holding it down. This is for you.

Original artwork by Ray Johnson. Hand signed and comes with certificate of authenticity.