Dared To Be... A Portrait of Her Royal Blackness

"This print of the silverpoint drawing, "Dared To Be... A Portrait of Her Royal Blackness", is my visual homage to all Black females in any country around the world. She is a woman whose head is wrapped in barbed wire to protect her natural thoughts and talents from leaving her mind and from influences from the outside world from entering. The silverpoint is a technique of drawing that utilizes pure silver in wire form against a black surface." -D. Lammie-HansonThrough the medium of silverpoint, self-taught artist D. Lammie-Hanson illuminates the soul of her subjects marrying together the luminescence of silver, light and shadow. At first glance the human eye adapts to the simplicity of the monotones of black and silver. Upon further review, simplicity gives way to the complexity of inspirational and positive images of individuals from the BIPOC community. The presence of each person is an unapologetic image of excellence. Born and raised in Harlem, New York in the late 1960's, Lammie-