Inner Mont

"Piermont", 12 x 16" in. #acryliconcanvas #artforsale #montesquedesigns #montesque2016 #throwback | Available for sale on #Etsy | #moonlight #riverside #hudsonriver #nightofromance #trees #water #rocks #foliage #love #blackartspace #youngblackartists #kaepernick For customs & commissions, send me a DM or email (bio) #staytuned

"Southern Comfort", 12 x 18" #acryliconcanvas #artforsale #montesquedesigns #montesque2016 #throwback | Available for sale on #Etsy ♢ #sunset #sunrise #oaktree #poppytrees #bloodontheleaves #strangefruit #billyholiday #ninasimone

I'm blowing circles/ My state of mind is all Purple #startover #art #montesquedesigns #painting #montesque2016 #purple #acrylic #vivid #silhouette #shadows #femalefigure ... #redo #staytuned ♢ #purplerain #purplereign | #thegodsarecoming

What would the WORLD be if they loved Black PEOPLE as much as they love Black CULTURE? #wip #behindenemylines #painting #acrylic #art #music | #jamesbrowm #prisoneroflove #livinginamerica #americanflag #behindbars ♢ #montesquedesigns #montesque2016 #staytuned #workinprogress ♢ #redwhiteandblue #blacklivesmatter

Pleasure to meet you #overnight S/O to my brother, photographer, business advisor @adsphotographs who once told me, "If you build it..." and well, you know the rest. Had an idea this morning #wip #staytuned #building #studying #art #sketch #drawing #portrait #painting #figurestudy #model #muse #pose | @graciii3 #ladywiththedragontattoo #backtothemusic #pardonmyback #staytuned ... #montesquedesigns #thegodsarecoming #montesque2016

Actually meant to put this up on the Fourth, but right now seems just as good a moment as any for this. #summer2016 #altonsterling #philandocastile #neworleans #minnesota #falconheights | #nationofsavages #hypocrisy #deception #ameriKKKa #terrordome #justice4alton #justice4philando ♢ #awareness #enlightenment #consciousness #wisdom ... #frederickdouglass #overstand #staywise #stayawake #eyeswideopen

I always find it amusing when I stop to reflect upon a year that has passed. Thinking of all that you experience and the people you encounter along the way, for better or for worse, it is incredible to witness the subtle transformation that takes place within the span of a single year. Then, if you're old enough, multiply that by 20 and here we are.... #MrShakur #happybirthday ♢ #2pac #tupac #makaveli #afenishakur ... #fame #celebrity #tabithasoren #mtv #interview #hiphop #90smusic #90shiphop #the90s ... @tabithasoren #20yearslater

"All she really wanted was rough sex, with her slick ass..." #artandchill #jaytoon #itsallarttome #whatart? #theplotthickens #artistslife | #instahumor #instajokes #havingalaugh #picoftheday ♢ #canitbeallsosimple No, this is NOT MY ARTWORK

April 1, 1984 #throwback #marvingaye #ifishouldietonight #rnb #soulmusic #classic #artandsoul | #aprilfoolsday #the1980s ♢ #coverart #angels #devils #gods #demons #wings ♢ #montesquedesigns #montesque2016

"No matter how buried it gets, or lost you feel, you must promise me, that you will hold on to hope and keep it alive. We have to be greater than what we suffer. My wish for you is to become hope. People need that." --Peter Parker/SpiderMan #peterparker #spiderman | #mask #logo #alterego | #montesque2016 #montesquedesigns ♢ #sketch #art #downtimedoodles ♢ #prodigalson #captainamericacivilwar #batmanVsuperman #dawnofjustice #sonyvsmarvel #freetheMarvels

If you haven't already, follow my art page/gallery ----->> @Montesque.Designs ♢ If there are any sketches, drawings, doodles or paintings that you are interested in or customizing into a much larger piece, please send me a DM. Serious inquires only | Thank You #art #sketches #doodles #drawings #illustrations #logos #logodesign #tshirtdesign #paintings #murals #commissions | #artist4hire #MONTESQUEDESIGNS #MONTESQUEDESIGNS #MONTESQUEDESIGNS #dialMfor... #MONTESQUE2016

CELESTIAL DIVINITY (the Divine), 16 x 20" #acrylic :: link in the bio #divinity "The symbol of Goddess gives us permission. She teaches us to embrace the holiness of every natural, ordinary, sensual dying moment. Patriarchy may try to negate body and flee earth with its constant heartbeat of death, but Goddess forces us back to embrace them, to take our human life in our arms and clasp it for the divine life it is - the nice, sanitary, harmonious moment as well as the painful, dark, splintered ones. If such a consciousness truly is set loose in the world, nothing will be the same. It will free us to be in a sacred body, on a sacred planet, in sacred communion with all of it. It will infect the universe with holiness. We will discover the Divine deep within the earth and the cells of our bodies, and we will lover her there with all our hearts and all our souls and all our minds." ---Sue Monk Kidd #goddess #thedivine #serenity #sacred #empowerment #peace #harmony #tranquility #sensuality #phoenix #woman #wombman #WCE #WCW | #montesquedesigns #montesque2016 #figurestudy #femalefigure #celestial #thegodsarecoming #thedivine #staytuned

WHO YA GONNA CALL? #ghostbusters #decentmeninanindecenttime ♢ #hatred #bigotry #prejudice #hypocrisy #misery #fear #unamerican #unpatriotic #racist #pathetic #whatareyousoafraidof ♢ #idiocracy #ameriKKKa "I ain't afraid of no ghost!" #truthsaidinjest #humor #havingalaugh #instatruth #instahumor #funny #irony ...when hatred is fueled by fear, fools confuse ignorance with wisdom. #nothingtofearbutfearitself #roosevelt

"People with money have to worry about who their real friends are. I don’t have that problem for two reasons: I don’t have any money, and I don’t have any friends." --Jarod Kintz #metropolitanmuseumofart #theMET ♢ #montesquephotography #history #egypt #africa #pharoah #kings #queens #pharoahs #empires #families #dynasties ♢ #stolen #thieves #graverobbers #archeologists #snakes #greed #disrespect #ancienthaters #honor #loyalty #truth #payrespect #payhomage #honortheancestors #acknowledgetheancestors #bloodline #artgallery #artexhibit #sarcophaguses #faceless (at Metropolitan Museum of Art)

I remember seeing this piece during my very first trip to the Met in 2014, and in spite of feeling so disturbed by the rather jarring image, I snapped the photo to study it later on. While time and nature's elements do damage to these artifacts, it has to be acknowledged that, whether in modern times or centuries ago, at least some percentage of these artifacts were deliberately defaced. I compared this to other artifacts and I see how the explanation of damage due to deterioration could be made and even tolerated, but with others such as this one (and a few others that I'll post at a later time), the word "HATER" came to mind instantly. I mean, what sort of a miserable, envious, hate-filled curmudgeon do you have to be to do something like this? Then I thought, perhaps there were jewels/gems in the eyes and thieves made off with them... I think I could tolerate that concept more than some phuckball destroying it out of spite. #ancienthaters It brings to mind a quote I posted about a month ago. Folks talk smack about you just for the sake of not wanting you to be viewed in a positive light, and when I think of it in that way, the foolishness in the picture doesn't seem as far-fetched. #moderndayhaters #trolls #curmudgeons #history #egypt #africa #kings #queens #pharoahs #empires #thieves #graverobbers #archeologists #snakes #napoleonbonaparte #alexanderthegreat #hate #jealousy #envy #misery ♢ #watchthemdogs #mostkings || Anybody ever does that to me, best believe I'm finding a way back from the #afterlife and taking you back with me, lol...smh #horrible (at Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is "timing" it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way." --Fulton J. Sheen #montesquephotography ♢ #history #worldhistory || #art #femalefigure #figurestudy #woman #standalone #patience #beauty #principles #theMET #metropolitanmuseumofart #artgallery (at Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking..." Leo Tolstoy #montesquephotography ♢ #history #egypt #africa #pharoah #king #queen Hatshepsut (meaning "Foremost of Noble Ladies"), was the most successful pharoah and the longest reigning FEMALE amongst the Egyptian dynasties. She ruled for 20 years (1478 - 1458 B.C.) #20years #hatshepsut #femalepharoah ♢ #art #NYC #theMET #worldhistory #truth #mostkings #metropolitanmuseumofart #mortalman (at Metropolitan Museum of Art)