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My art instructor told me everything in art that can be done has been done. I took this as a challenge. I studied art and found that very few artists paint using pointillism, and no one had mixed it with multiple styles, so I developed Fusion.”
Lamavis was born in Long Beach, California and raised in Compton. He started drawing in 1998 at the request of his parents as a way to be in conversation with them. In all of his paintings there are symbols that are messages for them. He began painting in prison around 2018, after joining the William James Art and Corrections program. There he developed his own style.

Lamavis blends the art styles of Klimt, Seurat, Michelangelo, and Picasso to create portraits honoring the beauty and sacrifice of Black women. His style, which he calls Fusion, combines pointillism with at least two other disciplines—blending vivid scenes of Black females inspired by biblical themes.

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My art instructor told me everything in art that can be done has been done. I took this as a challenge. I studied art and found that very few artists paint using pointillism, and no one had mixed it with multiple styles, so I developed Fusion.” Lamavis was born in Long Beach, California and raised in Compton. He started drawing in 1998 at the request of his parents as a way to be in conversation with them. In all of his paintings there are symbols that are messages for them. He began painting in prison around 2018, after joining the William James Art and Corrections program. There he developed his own style. Lamavis blends the art styles of Klimt, Seurat, Michelangelo, and Picasso to create portraits honoring the beauty and sacrifice of Black women. His style, which he calls Fusion, combines pointillism with at least two other disciplines—blending vivid scenes of Black females inspired by biblical themes.