Artist Statement :
 
Born in 1948

I have been painting and creating art for as long as I can remember. I began painting daily since 1970 to the present. It was as if by 1970 ,having had grown up in post war Los Angeles; I had many things that I wanted to speak on as I saw them. I had been through the riots and civil unrest, earthquakes, seen the Civil Rights movements, saw death on the streets, police beatings, Vietnam casualties, gangs and  shoot outs. I decided to investigate the chaos of society and the reasons why through my art. I wanted to arouse empathy and compassion of humankind and at the same time seek solutions.
 

I have always utilized art as a means of investigating life and phenomenon; to understand how we as human beings treat each other and the world we live in.

Art for me is problem solve and nourishment for the soul, light in the dark and hope where there is none. Over the years I have come to understand my own personal ''Art Language''. I speak from life experiences with the subjects that I paint. This accomplished through the stories that people tell me, news and media accounts of disasters, wars, conspiracy, environment and oral history. The art penetrates through the facade of daily life and personal preoccupation and mental and material escapes. Wala ! You are hit with the stark naked truth, that's in your face. That is Kabu.
 
Quotes from Art Critics, Publications and Exhibits :
 
June 12,2003 : From the San Luis Obispo, Cal. based newspaper  ''New Times" art critic Glenn Starkey. "The Malibu artist Kabu will be in yo' face. His colorful and sociopolitical paintings take swipes at American Imperialism, vacuous pop culture, those indifferent to poverty and pain of others and more''. '' His art will encourage you to view life and yourself on a spiritual level and aims to heighten our concern for human and world conditions by illuminating realities that are often ignored''.
 
February 18, 1998 : Dr. Gerry Block ,owner of Gallery 345, San Pedro ,Ca.

''The work of Kabu, a Malibu/Ventura based artist is often personal and uncompromising. His painting of the man standing in front of his Mercedes Benz with a background of institutional and personal debris is a commentary on an aspect of Western Culture. The artist work was derived from a personal interview of the subject which caught his eye".
 
January/February 1990 : The Black Collegian, "Art of the African World ", by Dr. Samella Lewis. Article excerpt: ''Over the years his paintings have evolved into analyzations through investigations of the daily life and the environment in which he lives''. pg. 177