Amy Sherald, who was born in Columbus, Georgia

• one of only a handful of black students in the private school

• identifies those early years negotiating issues of race and identity in the American south as major influence on her art

She is best known for her portrait paintings.

• known for using grisaille to portray skin tones in her work

• way of "challenging the concept of color-as-race."

• it s a painting executed entirely in shades of grey or of another neutral greyish color.

Please visit DarwinDarko.com/ekphrastic. There, you will find a catalogue of all the artwork we discuss.