Cecelia King-gantt:  

Life Cecilia Armena King is the great, great granddaughter of daguerreotypist, Augustus Washington, who took the famous portrait of John Brown the abolitionist (1800-1859), taken circa 1846-47. She is the granddaughter of former President of Liberia, West Africa, and Charles D. B. King. At a very early age, Cecilia demonstrated a strong artistic talent by doing her artwork on the walls of her bedroom, on tables or on anything she could draw on. Her parents, did not seem to understand how ingrained Cecelia¿s artistic talents really were. Throughout her schooling, she always took the basic art courses that were offered in elementary, middle, and high school. She even entered a contest in middle school to design the yearbook cover and won. The ¿Linden Leaves¿ was her first taste of recognition. Finally, when Cecilia graduated from high her mother to take her back to Liberia. It was there, that Cecilia entered the ¿Miss Liberia Pageant¿ and won. She was sent to England to compete in the ¿Miss World Pageant¿. The pageant gave Cecilia an opportunity to model. All this while, deep within her, the artistic spirit that she so naturally possessed refused to die. Cecilia¿s surrealistic pen and ink prints have made their way to galleries and private homes around the world. One of her current masterpieces, called Cerita, named after her daughter, is currently touring around the world. The Cerita drawing was published in a book titled ¿Women of the World¿ a global collection of art; narrated by Claudia Demonte, forwarded by Arlene Raven, published by Pomegranate Communications, Inc. in California, in 2000. The entire exhibition, which includes the Cerita drawing will be permanent...Expand for more