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About Vakseen

While music has played the driving force in his business career, Otha “Vakseen” Davis IIIʼs passion for the arts has served as his key to sanity in the entertainment industry.

Vakseen has been selected for over 35 solo and group exhibitions in various galleries and venues throughout Los Angeles. His paintings have also been selected and featured in over art and literary magazines and been sold to collectors throughout Los Angeles and the Southeast region of the U.S.

To view more of Vakseenʼs work, visit Vakseen.com

Ten paintings by Vakseen

Vakseen

Vakseen - Eyes Wide (detail)

Artist's statement: I’ve always felt they were God’s greatest creation, so my work evolves around women, their natural allure and the insecurities or confidence created by Pop culture. Simply stated, … [Read more...]

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Empty Mirror

Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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