Sedrick Huckaby in front of A Love Supreme I learned about the work of Sedrick Huckaby when I was an undergrad in painting. Serdrick also went to BU for undergrad. At the time, I was painting a lot of self portraits and was intrigued by his use of thick, imposto paint to create portraits. My mom happened to be visiting town while he was having two solo shows--one at a gallery on Newbury Street and one at the Danforth Museum of Art. We went to see them together while they were still up. His paintings at the gallery on Newbury were small and intimate portraits of himself and family members. The paintings at the Danforth, on the other hand, took up an entire room. Each of the four canvases depicted a still life of quilts, each one fitting the four walls of the room. I was blown away. The pieces were immersive and intimate, yet grand and powerful. Sedrick Huckaby, A Love Supreme – Spring, 2001-2009, oil on canvas, 92” x 240” Sedrick Huckaby, A Love Supreme – Summer, 2001-2009, oil on canvas, 92” x 240” Sedrick Huckaby, A Love Supreme – Fall, 2001-2009, oil on canvas, 92” x 240” Sedrick Huckaby, A Love Supreme – Winter, 2001-2009, oil on canvas, 92” x 240” Sedrick's paint is thick and lush. His paintings are meditations, feats of strength, acts of love.
I was reading a catalogue of his work a couple years ago, and this passage stood out to me: "A painting is a quiet dialogue in which volumes of information are slowly and silently revealed, yet its entire essence can be experienced within a moment's glance. I believe my paintings are done in a language more closely in tune with my soul then the language of my tongue. For me, the act of painting is not just a means to a product; it is also a meditative process of communication." -Sedrick Huckaby, 2004 To view more of his work, visit his website: https://huckabystudios.com/about/sedrick.
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