All WorksDigital WorksPaintoemsWorks with BackstoriesBlack August – Los Angeles (Paintoem)Inspired by 2016’s Black August celebrations in Los Angeles, Black August-Los Angeles marks C-Note’s powerful entry into political art. BLACK...
All WorksDigital WorksPaintoemsPrison ConditionsWorks with BackstoriesEyes Without A Face (Paintoem)Donald “C-Note” Hooker’s Eyes Without a Face is a haunting prequel to his Paintoem Life Without the Possibility of Parole. ...
All WorksDigital WorksPaintoemsPrison ConditionsWorks with BackstoriesLife Without the Possibility of Parole (Paintoem)The Paintoem, Life Without the Possibility of Parole, brilliantly shines a necessary light on a forgotten prison population of women...
All WorksDigital WorksPaintoemsPrison ConditionsWorks with BackstoriesMprisond (Paintoem)The Paintoem, Mprisond gives a raw and poignant glimpse into the isolation and despair of incarceration, contrasted with the freedom...
All WorksPaintoemsPrison ConditionsWorks with BackstoriesStrange Fruit (Paintoem)Strange Fruit is a powerful Paintoem (painting + poem), that confronts the disturbingly high suicide rate at the California Institution...
All WorksDigital WorksMothersPaintoemsWorks with BackstoriesTears of the Mothers (Paintoem)Tears of the Mothers is a perfect example of the power of the Paintoem (painting + poem), as it brought...
All WorksDigital WorksPaintoemsPrison ConditionsWorks with BackstoriesToday We Are Sisters (Paintoem)Donald “C-Note” Hooker’s powerful Paintoem Today We Are Sisters tells the harrowing story of the 150 California female prisoners forcibly...