A sacred space for the creation and
appreciation of art opens to the public
as a space for:

• artistic encouragement
• learning and teaching
• healing and praying
• displaying and representing the beautiful feminine nature of
  FINE ART for the SPIRIT.

Mission Statement

Art is the language of God and the Artist is the mouth from which this language is spoken.

All Humans have been given the power to heal through their God-Given talents. This healing ability is known by the indigenous nations as a person’s “medicine”. We all have “medicine” and it is expressed through surprisingly natural means.

BIOGRAPHY: BRIAN “STRONG-WIND” WILLIAMS

It is through the camera lens that Strong-Wind captures the “Healing Energy” of the Earth.

Born in Queens, N.Y. in 1964, Brian Strong-Wind was raised in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York and currently resides with his family in the Clinton Hill section of this borough.

He attended Brooklyn Technical High School and The Technical Career Institute (T.C.I.) for Electrical Engineering. Brian Strong-Wind has been a licensed Private Investigator and owner of a Security Company (Talon Investigation & Security Company, Ltd.) for over 25 years. He holds two Black belts in Korean Martial Arts and specializes in Armed and Unarmed Executive Protection.

“Humans should know that for every illness that man creates, Mother Earth simultaneously creates the cure”. “If you look at the photographs, I mean really LOOK at them, you will feel better almost immediately and your Spirit will thank you for a piece of Peace”.               – Strong-Wind

Strong-Wind displayed an interest in artistic expression at an early age (Martial Arts, Poetry and Drawing). However, it was not until a trip to Teotihuacan, Mexico in March 2002 (during the Spring Equinox), that Brian Strong-Wind says he was “Spiritually Commanded” to take photographs with the intent to heal others.

Strong-Wind’s ancestry is Blackfeet (Sik-Sik-a), Cherokee (Tsalagi) Indian and Ghanaian. These cultures are reflected in his love for “Mother Nature” and what he refers to as the “Feminine Energy”. Many who have viewed Strong-Wind’s collection (particularly the Flowers and portraits) refer to the images as “Naturally Erotic”.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Since childhood, I have always loved observing. Observing people, animals, flowers, and the elemental forces (water, fire, earth, lightning etc.) all in their natural environment. Photography has been the medium through which I have been compelled to use to express my burning desire and talent to observe.

Through the camera lens, I have captured “moments” in my life, which have brought me joy, peace and above all, healing. I have realized that photography allows my children to see through my eyes. To see what I saw, when I saw it.  To say to themselves, “my father was in this place, at that time and he was happy”. Imagine if you could see what your parents and grandparents actually saw 25, 50 or even 100 years ago.

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