American Prison Artist C-Note

Description Adriana W. (2016)5.5 in. x 8.5 in. (14 x 21.6 cm)Blue, red, green, purple, pink, and black ink pen on paperDonald "C-Note" HookerThe actress and the journalist should be the title of this piece by the world's most prolific prisoner-artist, Donald "C-Note" Hooker. Instead, it's the backstory. "Adrian W.," is a work that was inspired by a famous actress who was involved in a Madison Avenue ad campaign for a well known perfume. The model for this piece came from a magazine picture of a famous actress, and then named after a news reporter who interviewed the artist."It was a very challenging piece," says C-note. "How does someone create likeness without using flesh colors? If this was done monochromatically in graphite or black ink there's no problem. I love this piece. I think I did a good job considering this was a one take piece. The color scheme and placement was all done on the fly."

Untitled #34 by Donald C-Note Hooker

Decarcerate Now Poster by C-Note

Description October 20th - 23rd 2021, was the 13th Annual International Prisoner's Family Conference. This year's conference was virtual. Topics included civil rights don't end at the prison gates, prison reentry, children of incarcerated parents, prison wives, and other topics. It also included a Facebook art auction of Prison art. C-Note donated a work to the conference that was specifically created for the event.Man in the Mirror, 2021, 9 in. x 12 in., Acrylic on canvas, Donald "C-Note" Hooker, features a prisoner looking at himself with a handheld mirror. What the mirror reflects back, it's not his image, but an image of him, his wife and child.

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La Reina de las Mujeres Chicas [The Queen of the Petite Women] (2016)8.5 in. x 11 in. (21.59 x 27.94 cm)Graphite and wax on paperDonald "C-Note" HookerLa Reina de las Mujeres Chicas (The Queen of the Petite Women) is a work on paper by California prison artist C-Note, the world's most prolific prison artist. The work features a graphite drawing of a young cigar smoking Mexican woman who's wearing a belt with bullets. The green ocean, red clouds, and white sky rendered with wax is an homage to the flag of Mexico and its people."I really admire the work of the imprisoned Chicano artist," says C-Note. "So when I saw this pattern amongst other patterns from an imprisoned Chicano artist, I wanted to trace it for my own personal use. I could put a spin to it."Prison art, especially amongst Hispanic prisoners, use a kind of stencil. It is from these stencils or patterns that they trace onto a surface before shading, predominantly through the use of...

Untitled #35 by Donald C-Note Hooker

Untitled #32 by Donald C-Note Hooker

Untitled #137 by Donald C-Note Hooker

Modern Girl by Donald C-Note Hooker

Description . A picture out of a magazine. But I’m not confident as an artist so I don’t want people to compare my finished product to the model or image that I used. I called it “Colored Girl.” I think it fits. It’s clearly a coloration of something, of a woman. But the word “Colored,” though it is a pejorative today, was once known as the desired description that African Americans prefer to be described as. “Colored,” “Negro,” “Black,” these were all terms that African-Americans themselves demanded of the press and white audiences; this is what you call us. An example would be W. E. B. Dubois NAACP. It was originally called the National Negro Committee. Booker T. Washington and other famous black activist before him, demanded that whites call us “Negroes.” So three years after founding the National Negro Committee, W. E. B. Dubois change the name to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. That’s proof enough that blacks demanded that they be called “Colored.” So “Colored Girl,” what is that? Any black girl, and that’s pretty much the response that I have gotten from this piece.

Untitled Man Kissing Woman from Behind by Donald 'C-Note' Hooker