Bernadette Charles - Photo Albums

My Kwanzaa Art Gallary --Original paintings

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About Kwanzaa
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Kwanzaa is a spiritual, festive and joyous African-American holiday. It claims no ties with any religion but celebrates the oneness and goodness of life. The concept of Kwanzaa, is to help Black Americans relate to the past in order to understand the present and deal with the future.

The focus of Kwanzaa is centered around seven principles (Nguzo Saba) with particular emphasis on the unity of the Black family. It is a time for gathering of families, and a re-dedication aimed at manifesting the principles of Kwanzaa (Nguzo Saba) as a way of life for Black Americans.

Kwanzaa has definite principles, practices and symbols which are geared to the social and spiritual needs of African-Americans. The reinforcing gestures are designed to strengthen the collective self-concept, honor the past, critically evaluate the present, and commit to a fuller and productive future.

Kwanzaa is a way of life; not just a celebration. As a living social practice, it is a week of actual remembering, reassessing, recommitting, rewarding and rejoicing.
It encourages the evaluation of ourselves and history, in relation to the past, reassess the thoughts and practices, and recommit to the achievement of Black liberation and the betterment of life for all Black Americans.
Kulanga's Nature scenes

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Here are a few landscape and natural scenes I have painted. Enjoy!
If you would like to purchase any or all please contact me at

kulang.charles@gmail.com
0r visit me at
http:www.Kulangabc.com
Kulanga's Art gallery

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Bernadette Charles is a phenomenon.

A self-taught artist who began painting in January 2004. Her designs are brilliantly crafted testimonials of her colorful imagination, her images are powerful compositions of simplicity, that capture the subtle nuances of a colorful expressive art style.

Bernadette is making an impact on Canadian art. Over the past two years her artworks have been on exhibitions in many local art shows and community events in and around Montreal. To view her work is to experience the soul of her subject. Patrons of her art are from Montreal, as well as from Toronto, Atlanta(Georgia), her native home land Grenada, and as far away as Italy. One of her paintings entitled "Night Light in Montreal"("24x36", acrylic on canvas), was presented to The Honorable Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada, in 2004, in aid of the Grenada hurricane relief.

Her colorful dramatic artistic style tells the story of a world derived from her colorful and dramatic African /Caribbean/ Canadian heritage. Many of her art creations, she says, are a direct result of her commitment to her heritage and her environment.