Khama poses for hot LA artist!

I was blessed to pose for one of the hottest artists in LA...who happens to be a good friend from high school. Heather and I met in 7th grade in Shaker Heights, OH at Hathaway Brown School for girls.

After graduation we went our separate ways and then met up again a few years ago, here in California. She is now married with two beautiful children and owns "H. Palleiko Designs". She has shows all over LA and has become quite popular in the industry of lifecasting and contemporary wearable art!

This beautiful lifecasting is my back! I recently went to her home studio and she did her magic! Heather says, "The unique, one-of-a-kind piece is titled Oshun Ala, selected carefully to reflect the beauty and strength of the model. Oshun is an African goddess of love, beauty and diplomacy. She teaches people to overcome their difficulties through kindness and negotiation. Ala is the African goddess of the earth, the mother of all things. She is the deity of fertility and death. This means that she sparks creativity and life deep within us and shows us the way to leave old things behind to start anew; she gives us rebirth."

Oshun Ala is available for $1200.

To purchase this sculpture piece or to commission Heather Palleiko for your own lifecasting, contact her in the following ways:

http://www.palleikodesigns.com/

http://www.myspace.com/palleikodesigns

My Sis!

I am back in L.A., after a 5-month whirlwind in London and Ghana. It feels good to be back, but I do miss my little sis, Zoe. My mom tells me that she's been watching a little bit of Baby TV every day and she thoroughly enjoys it. Except...for the live animals. Apparently, little Zoe is not too fond of animals!

Anyways, I was thinking about her today, so I wanted to share with you our 1st photo. This is the first time I met Zoe when she and my parents were still in Chicago, she was only 8 weeks old. So precious. I miss her.

Good-Bye London!

Here I am saying Good-Bye to Zoe, my last day in London.
My mom took these pix as the car was waiting to take me to Heathrow. It was a little sad:-(

Ghana Part 1 "Family"

Here I am with my Dad. He was born in Ghana and grew up in a village. In his 20's he made it over to America, went to medical school, became an Oncologist and Hematologist and recently moved back Home. He is now a real estate developer!
Here I am with my beautiful Grandma "T" and my Sweetie Auntie Geta!
Here I am at a restaurant in Ghana with my little cousin Katsina (Geta's daughter). Don't we look alike?
Here I am with my cousin, NiiK. We went to a lagoon to look a crocodiles! It was scary!!!
Here I am with my Grandma and her sister, Auntie Ruth...who just had her 80th birthday!

Ghana Part 2 "Family 2"

Here I am with my sister-in-law, Maame!
Here we are again!
My Grandma and Auntie at dinner!
My cousins NiiK and Katsina.
Me with Tyrone, Katsina and NiiK.

Ghana Part 3 "Daddy!"

On our way to the pool.
On our way to lunch!
Busy working!

My last day with dad, at lunch. (I took it myself, in case you didn't notice)

Ghana Part 4 "Shopping for Art"

My dad and this man were having fun determining the price of my artwork. This place, The Art Center, is where tourists go to get art to take home. They give you a price and say, "but that's not the lowest" and then you go back and forth until you agree. When I spoke, hearing my American accent, the price was JACKED UP...and then my dad would step in and do the negotiating. But in the end, it was always a win-win. I now have beautiful carvings and painting in my home!
Some African Masks.
A view of part of The Art Center. It's actually HUGE with indoor/outdoor markets...clothing, jewelry, instruments and artwork.

These two tag-teamed me and dad for some art I was 'dying' to have. They were giving me the "American Price" which for 7 paintings was not cheap...I should have let my dad done the talking from the start. But there were lots of laughs and we negotiated for awhile. I got my paintings and they also gave me a bracelet "on the house".