SapphireDiva
@sapphirediva
American expat pro Opera Singer, Voice Teacher, Choral Director and Mom living in Germany 🇩🇪🇪🇺🇺🇸🎼 … also a bit of a nerd and lover of all the arts 🎭 🤓. 🚫MAGA 🚫Crypto 🚫“Financial Advisors“/Scammers 🚫Porn/OnlyFans 🚫NO DMs from people I don’t know. Period.
My first attempt ever at making paella from scratch. I made it last week. It came out not bad and HRH (my son) was quite pleased.
Absolutely gorgeous. Betye Saar's "Mother and Children in Blue" (1998).
Remembering Betye Saar. “Black Girl’s Window,” 1969. The assemblage is a largely autobiographical piece and contains references to astrology and phrenology. (Jonathan Muzikar/ Betye Saar / Roberts Projects)
Image credits: “Betye Saar” 2012, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © 2003 Michele Mattei. Betye Saar, "The Birds and the Beasts Were There," 1976, velvet, silk, cord, feathers, cameo, paper, metal, coral, wood, plastic, and glass; Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Yes, we have our issues over this way as well. Article | spectator.com/article/germany-is-quietly-falling-apart
C O N T R A S T : Black, white, and nothing in between. Eight portraits, each one its own world: leaves, beads, lightning, a scream, a body mid-flight. The absence of color changes nothing. The power is still there. @ant1friend #blackbeauty #AfroStyleMagazine #BlackAndWhite WWW.AFROSTYLEMAG.COM
O R A C L E : Crystal-rimmed, green-lidded, hands drawn to the face like a secret. This isn't a look. It's a verdict. #AfroStyleMagazine #BeautyEditorial #BlackBeauty #MakeupArt @sadielauder_mua @emilywhte WWW.AFROSTYLEMAG.COM
Have a meaningful and reflective Fourth of July in these strange times.
B E A U T I F U L D A R K: Paintings by Brazilian artist Gustavo Nazareno. Figures rendered almost entirely in shadow, where light finds only what it's meant to find. Drapery as movement. Darkness as dignity. @gustavonazarenostudio #brazilianartist #blackart #artspotlight WWW.AFROSTYLEMAG.COM
“This is easily one of my absolute favorite portraits. The sheer level of artistry, balance, and creative genius in her expression is completely breathtaking.” (continued) www.PiperMackayPhotography.com #SuriTribe #OmoValley #Ethiopia #FineArtPortrait #AfricanVibes
"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for the spring. (continued) Alla Tsank - Queen of Birds.
O C E A N B L U E : The ocean didn't inspire this. It recognized it. Blue on blue on blue; the garment and the water speaking the same language. Sculptural, expansive, completely unhurried. @atelierndigo #AfricanEditorial #HighFashion #SculpturalFashion #beacheditorial WWW.AFROSTYLEMAG.COM