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Jide Aje is from Nigeria and earned his Fine Art Degree from the University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He relocated to the U.S. to pursue a career in the creative design field and currently resides in Detroit, Michigan. 

Jide’s drawings and paintings typically form a foundation unto which collage, texture, and other elements are layered. While West African motifs are used as a jumping off point in his works of art, Jide draws inspiration from a wide variety of themes and influences. One point of interest within his art is the traditional or pre-industrial age color palette, which he has expanded beyond its original and traditional utility. 

While Jide incorporates traditional color schemes within his art, he also loves the use of bold and vibrant colors. And working from the viewpoint that culture is dynamic, Jide regards old symbols, colors, and textures and utilizes them to fit within a modern context. Exhibits of his works include: the Paul Roberson Cultural Center at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ; the National Conference of Artists in Detroit, MI; the Artpost Gallery in South Bend, IN; and Jackson Fine Arts in Washington, D.C.

Jide Aje Creates Art That’s Fit for Kings!

Collectors of Jide Aje’s art include Chief and Mrs. Akin-Davis in Lagos, Nigeria; Prince and Mrs. Lekam Fadina in Otta, Nigeria; the National Gallery of Modern Art in Lagos, Nigeria; and the T.A. Braithwaite Company in Lagos, Nigeria. Recent awards include Gold Medal First Place, June 2022, Scarab Club Competition, Detroit, Michigan.

Does your stairway or foyer need a lift?

Group pairs of Jide Aje’s paintings on wood for a dynamic look that puts you in the Pink!

Jonathan Knight is an accomplished artist in watercolors, oils, pastels, pencil and printmaking. His art has been featured in several newspaper articles and has appeared on the covers of Watercolor, an American Artist Publication, in its’ Fall 1999 issue and its’ Winter 1995 issue. 

Jonathan’s professional recognitions are extensive and include the American Artists Professional League, NY; The National Watercolor Society, CA; and the Society of Illustrators, New York. Two of Jonathan’s paintings are included in the book, Black Romantic; and his work has appeared in the nationally syndicated television show, Girlfriends.  Jonathan’s art is also captured beautifully in his book, The Creativity of Jonathan Knight A Visual Dialogue.

Collectors of Jonathan Knight’s art include the JM Family Enterprises, Inc. in Florida; Hallmark Cards, Inc. in Kansas City, MO; the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, FL; the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in St. Joseph, MO; the Hampton Museum in Hampton, VA; the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park, KS; the Crescent Company in Wheeling, IL; the Palm Beach International Airport in Palm Beach, FL; the Spencer Museum in Lawrence, KS; and the Historic Jenkins House Multicultural Art Museum in West Palm Beach, FL.

If walls could talk, they would select several of Jonathan Knight’s narrative paintings, drawings, and prints for their homes, schools, and worship centers--to put the people that see them in the Pink!

Marion C. Martinez combines the images and symbols of the Hispanic and Native American cultures of Northern New Mexico where she grew up with  components derived from technology that’s developed in her own backyard. Marion has a heart for God and people; and she loves sharing her vision of what’s beautiful and important in life through her heartwarming art. 

Collectors of her Mixed Tech Media Wall Sculptures include the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the Nokia Corporation; BP Amoco; and the San Juan and Northern New Mexico Community College.

Love what you see? Then have a heart, or two, and add lots of color and warmth to the spaces where people gather in your home or office.  These hearts make perfect wedding and anniversary gifts, too, and serve as visual testimonies and reminders of the importance of love within churches that are intentional about maintaining unity, establishing inclusiveness, and beautifying the house of God (Ezra 7:27).  

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Make Marion Martinez’s Art the perfect love addition to your home, office and spaces where people gather to put them in the Pink!

Salahaddin Mausulah reigns from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but has made his home in Kansas City, Missouri for over 35 years, where he works as a commercial artist, making signs.

Awards honoring the meticulous details that Salahaddin captures in his awesome portrait art include the Missouri State Fair and Reflections Exhibits in Kansas City, MO. 

Popular favorites of this artist include “Little Boy Blue,” and “Girl in The Doorway.” Both of these works of art are available on paper as special order prints. 

Want to get lively conversations and discussions going?

 Need contemporary topics for your middle and high school students 

to write about?

Get Salahaddin Mausulah’s Thoughtful and Provocative Paintings and Prints. They make excellent gifts and selections for people serious about Inclusiveness! 

Adrienne’s art is “Most innovative and engaging...” 

— Robert Duff, Cultural Arts Editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In her own words Adrienne’s art reflects the inspiration of every moment lived in imagination, dreams and reality. 

Collectors of this award-winning artist’s art include one of the world’s leading authorities about African American Art: David Driskell. 

Other collectors of Adrienne’s art include Fisk University in Nashville, TN; Hallmark Cards, Inc., in Kansas City, MO; Sprint Corporation in Overland Park, KS; the Healing Arts Gallery at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, MO; Yellow Freight Corporation in Overland Park, KS; and Leonard Graham of Kansas City, MO.

For art that promotes inclusiveness, peace, and utter enjoyment, the art that Adrienne Patel creates instantly wins with all thumbs up: it makes great focal points in your foyer and anywhere you put them in your home.  And in your office spaces, Adrienne’s art serves as beautiful and calming motivational additions. In your schools and churches, Adrienne’s art makes for beautiful conversation pieces that make people feel that they are welcomed there. 

Want to refine your living, dining, and welcoming areas into a classic look?

Then get Adrienne Patel’s art as a re-freshment in look, style, and feel that puts you in the Pink!

Val ‘Nsenga’ Posey is a creative who divides her time as the Managing Member of Pink Tie Promotions LLC and making wall hangings and other fiber works for art connoisseurs. Exhibits of her batiks, fabric assemblages, tufted rugs and wall hangings include the Ft. Knox Art Show, the Missouri Craftsman Travelling Show, Missouri Crafts Council Travelling Show, Columbia Art League Spring Show, and the 24th Annual Designer Craftsman Show. 

Collectors of Val’s art include Dr. Bertram Caruthers; Reginald Davis; Nedra Dickinson; Kenneth Krakauer; Dr. Thomas McKeel; Rev. Michael Murray; National Black United Front-Kansas City; Tom Stephens; Wilhelmina Stewart; and the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art.

One of Val’s missions is making art more accessible to children. This advocacy began during her undergraduate studies at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri; and bloomed during her 17+ year career in real estate management as a residential manager for three housing properties in the Greater Kansas City Area. This career leap,  plus         her 35 + years’ experience teaching young people  (grades pre-K through 1st year college students), and her acceptance of Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior, became the impetus for her work in designing a variety of platforms that have enabled the thousands of children and teens she has worked with to think about things that are lovely and to discover, develop, and share their unique gifts and talents in positive ways.     

Especially dear to Val’s heart is working with special needs kids who live in care centers such as Niles Home for Children, Jackson County Juvenile Detention and Spofford Home: “Cultivating and enhancing their performance as productive citizens in this world is more than very rewarding,” Val states.

Awards and honors Val Posey has received for making a difference in the fields of art, education, and real estate include the Outstanding Service Award from the Conference on Children in1983; the A.R.M. of the Year Award from the Institute of Real Estate Management, Chapter 15 in 1988; and three proclamations as a “Real Winner in Cultural Arts” from the Missouri Lottery Commission, the Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, and the Executive of Jackson County in1990. In 2002 Val also received The Woman of Courage Award in Fine Arts and Letters from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Kansas City, MO Alumnae Chapter. Val  states that her most treasured honors are the love notes and expressions of appreciation she has received from students, parents, and colleagues like this one from a high school student: “My art teacher is the only reason I come to school.” 

Val Posey’s Word Art batiks and fabric paintings are designed to stir up love and good works and to put you in the Pink! 

Display her art on your walls, in bookcases, 

and as decorations to dress up your desk, Christmas trees, and tabletops.