Have you ever wanted to come visit us at the? GLU Factory? Well now is your chance! ⭐️ @glu.factory is participating in @50simsri Open Valley event this Saturday 12-5! 🎨 INFO + RSVP Link in Bio 👌🏽 Come hang out, learn more about our finished works in-house or the current pieces we are working on, listen to music, explore our studio mates’ spaces, or just catch a vibe in our art world! We been having a spectacular first year in our studio and we would love to celebrate with you all in person! ⭐️

My Self-portrait “Loose Screws” is showing at @eastmanningprojects ‘Me, Myself, & I’ show at the @ritual_spaces Gallery in Providence, RI & I couldn’t be happier. ♥️ The space is blooming with so many beautifully diverse self-portraits & being able to see into each artists’ perspective of themselves was truly special. The show is up until May 21st so make sure you go check it out!

✨MEET LOUSILLIA — Visual Artist & Visionary✨ ‘As We Are.’ is a portrait series created in celebration of March’s International Women’s Month, highlighting women and femme creatives who contribute to Boston’s vibrant cultural community. Through conversation, reflection, and visual storytelling, each participant shares insight into their creative practice, lived experiences, and evolving sense of identity. The series centers their voices, their journeys, and the ways they shape culture through their work. Together, these stories form a collective reflection on creativity, resilience, and community. —— Lousillia is a creative down to her core. She truly makes beauty with everything she touches. From modeling, painting, gardening, to when she was making custom tie dye clothes (iykyk). Her ability to think outside of the box & express authentically is undoubtedly amazing. It’s such a blessing to grow up along side her, not just as a creative, but as a friend. We’ve been friends since ‘08 (crazy) — fun fact: Lou was my first subject when I started picking up a camera! Lou has always been a great example that being an artist should never me limiting to one medium – but a broad label that encourages growth. Thank you so much for being apart of this project! 🤍

“Tree, of Life” 🤎 on @artofftopic 🪵

“Tree, of Life” (2026) Acrylic paint & colored pencil on a 24x24 canvas Being from the earth, no matter what stage of life we are in, nature will always root and heal us. We instinctively return to Nature throughout the cycle of our lives; drawn & comforted by its timeless, yet ever-changing atmosphere that welcomes and reconnects us to ourselves and the beyond. I painted a human baby within the rings (the womb) of a cut-down tree to symbolize life/death, longevity, home, and memory. The tree’s rings & the womb reflects the connection between humanity and nature —our beginning (life) and our return (death)— revealing the shared DNA that connects us humans to the natural world as one continuously living entity. Connecting our birth of the future, from our rooted past, in the present. PS: if you scroll to the last photo you’ll see the cut tree stump that sparked this whole reflective & creative piece 🪵 just like the people I saw in the clouds on a drive home, God showed me something in this stump that would put me on a path of connection to the beauty of self & nature & I’m so happy with how my heart & brain was able to express it 🤎 #abstractnature #acrylicpainting #blackartist #naturepainting #treeoflife

Thankful For A Life Of Vibrancy 🫶🏽🖤 So Proud Of My Babyyyyy @gallery.acj 😘🌹 @glu.factory to di worldddd 🌍

📍@glu.factory ⭐️ @artofftopic x @gallery.acj 🎨

Posing By My Art & Complimenting The Colors >>> Ft. My Newest Piece “Banana Cycle” on @artofftopic 🍌

“Banana Cycle” (2026) Acrylic on a 36x36 canvas 🍌 One day I was thinking about how beautiful bananas are at every stage of ripening & decided to paint my reflection. I chose a warm Caribbean blue for the background because it felt like home to me and it ultimately allowed each banana’s greens, yellows, + browns to vibrantly breathe. Paying close attention to texture and smaller details like the freckles, gradual shifts in tone.. Nothing is perfectly uniform, and nothing is meant to be. Even in their ripest or most “expired” states, bananas still carry depth and beauty. This painting is my way of honoring that growth, change, & capturing the beauty of time. #acrlyic #caribbeanart #banana

“Loose Screws” (2025-26) Acrylic & charcoal on a 24x30 canvas This self portrait is depicting a moment in time where things feel all out of place, but at the same time, accepted at face value, literally. Though we do our best to always keep things together, life’s balance doesn’t work that way. We as humans tend to put so many aspects of our life under a microscope, in this case, a spotlight, when our new habit should be one of acknowledgment and acceptance. Instead of plucking and trying to tweak every flaw - I smile, knowing that I don’t have it all together all the time, I’m doing my best to grow and evolve, and I smile, knowing that I’m not the only one with a few screws loose. 🔩⚙️ #acrylicpainting #selfportrait #blackart 🎨

🎨 POV: You’re a crazy artist, with crazy hair, painting 3 different crazy paintings at crazy hours, living out a crazy answered prayer, in a crazy cool studio space, that younger you would call you crazy for if you told her this would be her life. 🥲🖤 📍: @glu.factory #artistlife #artstudio #painter

Best thing about painting more than 1 canvas at a time is that: - I never get bored - If I feel stuck on a project I can take my time figuring out how to reroute by taking a break & working on something else - I can do a little here & a little there w/o needing too much #tunnelvision - There’s capacity to try new techniques & freestyle since each project is different - I accept that I’m not great at single-tasking when I paint so my brain is happy to jump around, piece to piece (THIS IS ALSO WHY I TAKE SO LONG TO FINISH! 🎨🤣) 📍 @glu.factory It’s also funny to see the different painting postures I have lol I know I’m not the only one like this! #artist #artistlife #painting #habits #artstudio #contemporaryart #whatimworkingon #lefty #lefthanded #lefthandedartist