He stays, she said...

"He stays," she said - An Homage to Betty White", Charcoal and Conte on unfired Bisque, c. 2022. 

This work will be part of the Betty White United exhibition coming up later this month at Zenith Gallery in Washington,  DC.  

Arthur Duncan, was a Black dancer who was featured on “The Betty White Show” that aired in the 1950s. When she was requested to remove him from the show because of the color of his skin, she replied, "He stays."

"He stays," she said - An Homage to Betty White"
Charcoal and Conte on unfired Bisque, c. 2022