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Savannah, GA (USA)–– Fine Art America artist Aberjhani has topped listings in the categories for Travel, Essays, African-American Memoir, and Indigenous Peoples with his new Amazon Kindle eBook edition of “Greeting Flannery O’Connor at the Back Door of My Mind.”


The eBook was released just in time for March 25, 2025, centennial observations of American author Flannery O’Connor’s birth. The eBook was made available as a free download from March 23 – 26. That means there are still some hours left to take advantage of the deal until the end of the day March 26 USA EST at this url: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F23QGT6K


In addition to topping categories on Amazon, the book also topped its category on the popular AuthorsDen site at: https://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewwork.asp?id=80466
The eBook features a new color front cover as well as several interior images introducing each of its three stories on authors O’Connor, James Alan McPherson, and...

Long-time Fine Art America member Aberjhani combined his passion for visual art with his skills as an author to publish the newly-released Amazon Kindle Short titled “Democratic Dilemmas and Divine Inspiration.” The title is available as a free download from March 11-13 on Amazon at the following url:
https://www.amazon.com/Democratic-Dilemmas-Divine-Inspiration-leadership-ebook/dp/B0DZQR87P1

The short volume’s cover as well as 2 more images included inside are part of the artist-author’s “Angels of Freedom and Democracy” series. “The artwork and the text,” said Aberjhani, “are basically my response to the difficulty which a lot of Americans are experiencing right now due to the firings of thousands of federal workers and, the closure of long-standing agencies designed to provide life-saving assistance for people during times of need.”

Until now, different images included in the “Angels of Freedom and Democracy” series have been quietly...

Savannah, Georgia-born Fine Art America member Aberjhani tapped into the literary side of his creativity to post a poem titled “Her Woman’s-Body Aesthetics” in honor of internationally-acclaimed artist Suzanne Jackson.

The text of the poem is actually part of a longer work incorporated into two 2018 posters by the artist-poet sold on Fine Art America. The two posters on his FAA profile are titled “Suzannian Algorithm Finger-Painted on an Abstract Wall” Numbers 1 and 2. The recently-posted poem may be found at this url:
https://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewPoetry.asp?id=367220&AuthorID=25279

Well-known as both an artist and a writer, Fine Art America member Aberjhani recently used his talents to shine a spotlight on fellow artist Rocky Bettis with an article titled: Reinterpreting Shakespeare’s Face, The Second Coming of Artist Rock Bettis. The article, said Aberjhani, was as much a surprise to him as it became to visitors to his Bright Skylark Literary Productions website.

“I liked the idea of writing an article about Mr. Bettis’s new art exhibit when I heard about it,” the author-artist said, “because we met once before, during the pandemic, when his work was on display in a carport in a backstreet lane in downtown Savannah. I wrote a short blog piece about that encounter, and now four years later I was being told his work was hanging in a major coffee shop gallery. That’s pretty amazing.”

In a way, this recent article has become part of a tradition for Aberjhani Art Association. He has in the past composed articles, essays, poems, and...

In support of Suicide Prevention Week 2023, FAA artist Aberjhani, who is also a member so the Savannah Art Association, is making his novel Songs from the Black Skylark zPed Music Player available as a free Kindle eBook download from September 9-12, 2023. Because of its serious themes and sometimes disturbing literary images, the book is recommended for readers aged 17 years and older and can be downloaded on the given dates here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C934GCTQ .
“For anyone asking why I opted to do this, the answer is simple,” said Aberjhani. “The mental health crisis represented by rising suicide rates over the past decade is something I believe should concern everybody. I’ve addressed it before in poetry and other forms of creative expression, and I’m doing it now with SONGS because it’s what I’m able to offer at this time.”

The artist-author-poet has composed some of the most popular contemporary life-affirming passages found on social media,...

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA (USA)--The book titled These Black and Blue Red Zone Days, by Fine Art America and Savannah Arts Association member Aberjhani, made its debut in Amazon’s Kindle eBook Store in the top 10 of two categories for titles presented free of charge for a limited time. (The book is currently available as a free download until end of day June 21, 2023 at: https://www.amazon.com/These-Black-Blue-Zone-eBook-ebook/dp/B0C88CHLNV/ )



Following its global release on June 15, 2023, These Black and Blue Red Zone Days landed at number 6 on the list of top free eBooks in the category for letters and essays; and at number 1 in the category for social theory.



A major part of the narrative running throughout the letters, stories, and poems that make up These Black and Blue Red Zone Days is how the artist-author depended on his individual creativity and inspiration provided by fellow creatives online to help him cope with the COVID-19...

Legendary radio program director Theron “Ike” Carter has joined creative forces with FAA and Savannah Art Association member Aberjhani on a cultural heritage project documenting Carter’s extensive experience, and knowledge, of African-American music.

Well-known to listeners of Savannah State University’s WHCJ Radio, Mr. Carter is a retired director of the station and a former president of the Coastal Jazz Association. Aberjhani is both an innovative visual artist and co-author of the Choice Academic Title Award-winning Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. The two creatives have been quietly working on the music heritage project for more than a year and recently launched a GoFundMe Page at this url: https://gofund.me/7f16f250

“For decades,” said Aberjhani, “Ike Carter has been like this hidden treasure of knowledge and stories about African America’s musical traditions. People in southeast Georgia have benefitted from that in the form of his diverse...

When he received the announcement that the Pantone Color Institute had selected as its color of the year a tint described as Viva Magenta 18-1750, artist and author Aberjhani thought it was a tribute to popular Fine Art America artist VIVA Anderson. He later learned there was no connection between the two.


However, certain characteristics used to describe the color matched many of his reflections on Anderson’s art. That was reason enough, he decided, to create his own tribute to the artist on FAA at url: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/viva-magenta-skies-with-ruby-red-apple-heart-aberjhani.html?newartwork=true .


“I wasn’t sure I agreed with the Pantone Color Institute’s descriptions of their chosen color as ‘audacious, full of wit and inclusive of all,” said Aberjhani, “but I was sure I often felt that way when viewing different works by VIVA Anderson are reading her inspiring comments on art created by others. There were more statements in the...

Artist and author Aberjhani debuted his Silk-Featherbrush Artstyle at Fine Art America five years ago, but the newest collection his works employing the highly-original style made its debut in August in the 2022 edition of the Flannery O’Connor Review.

In addition to featuring his work on the publication’s cover, the review contains a full 9-page section which includes original images along with poetry and an artist’s statement.

“This honor is a very special one because the review is celebrating twentieth and fiftieth anniversaries,” said Aberjhani. “O’Connor’s voice is still among the most influential in American and world literature. And we were both born in Savannah, Georgia, so I welcome this opportunity to add my voice as an artist and poet to global conversations concerning the nature and significance of her writings.”

The artist, who is also a member of the Savannah Art Association, added that such conversations are particularly...

Fine Art America artist Aberjhani, who is also the well-known co-author of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, encouraged the preservation of Ukraine’s cultural arts institutions and support for its artists during the current war in Ukraine with an article titled: Ukraine, Russia, and the Art of Being Human.

The article was published on the LinkedIn website and features section details of images by Ukrainian artists and photographers on FAA. Also included is one Getty image detail. It may be read at this url: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ukraine-russia-art-being-human-author-poet-aberjhani

“People always feel threatened and frustrated by war,” said Aberjhani, “but I think a lot of communities around the world are feeling particularly outraged by Russia’s extremely brutal invasion of Ukraine because it was completely unprovoked. Escalation of the war has been so rapid and destructive, and so many people have been forced to flee their homeland, that I had...

Fine Art America artist Aberjhani, whose work is currently on exhibit at the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, recently launched a new online art series titled “Finding Shelter in a Circle of Gratitude.” Although the series is making its debut just in time for Thanksgiving and the winter holidays, the artist says it is about more than that.

“A lot of the motivation behind this series came from the fact that we’ve been battling the COVID-19 pandemic for almost two years now and finally found ways to slow its spread and decrease deaths from it. Catastrophic mass casualty events always reminding us of how important little things like showing each other common courtesy, or taking notice of a beautiful sunset or sunrise, can be. The pandemic has been especially convincing.”

The individual titles of the three works in the new series are: 1) “A Bouquet of Humanity”; 2) “Existential Heartbeat”; and 3) “Meanwhile Back on Earth.” They can be found...

More than 103,400 visitors to Silk-Featherbrush artist Aberjhani’s profile on Fine Art America and at Pixels.com have discovered his vibrant collections of photography and innovative fine art digital paintings and prints. Collectors, however, interested in viewing his latest Silk-Featherbrush Artstyle paintings and photography will have to do so offline at the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport in Savannah, Georgia (USA).


Titled “In the Masters’ Style,” the exhibition is a group show organized by the Savannah Art Association (SAA), currently celebrating its 101st year as the oldest continuously-operating art association in the state of Georgia. The show opened in early July and closes September 30, 2021.


A member of SAA as well as FAA, Aberjhani has three original images in the exhibit. They include two original landscape-formatted Silk-Featherbrush Artstyle prints titled “Crimson O’Keeffe” and “Water Garden Flow”; plus, a dramatic...

The new “Narrative” themed group exhibit at the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport Art Gallery, curated by the Savannah Art Association (SAA), features three new works by Fine Art America (FAA) artist Aberjhani. The new show opened at the beginning of October and will remain on display at the airport until January 7, 2022.

SAA, of which Aberjhani is also a member, recently made the news for another art exhibit on the ground floor of the Savannah airport. The second exhibit was coordinated in partnership with the One Hundred Miles coastal conservation group and artwork for it depicts scenes from the state of Georgia’s 100-mile coastline. According to Aberjhani, his images in the Narratives exhibition illustrates both themes because of what they communicate about the current climate crisis and its impact on human migrations.

“Most of us know a lot of people, like Afghans and Syrians, have been driven out of heir homelands by war,” said Aberjhani. “What...

A new art collection at Fine Art America, called “For the 500 Thousand and Those Who Loved Them,” has launched in commemoration of the 500,000 Americans and 2.5 million people worldwide who have died from the COVID-19 pandemic as of February 21, 2021.

Created by the artist Aberjhani, whose literary works are often quoted on social media, the new collection is called “For the 500 Thousand Fallen and Those Who Loved Them.” It currently contains the following 4 prints: 1) the title artwork; 2) Wreath of Grace and Honor; 3) Palace of Psalms and Gold; and 4) Made It Home Again. (The works may viewed here: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/posteredchromatic-poetics?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=982857 .

When asked why he felt it important to acknowledge the painful 500,000 deaths milestone in the U.S. and more than 2 million losses worldwide, Aberjhani answered as follows:

“Almost from the beginning, the pandemic has been described as a war...

Just as the work of classic American author Flannery O’Connor has come under renewed scrutiny and criticisms, author-artist Aberjhani has posted on Fine Art America (FAA) several new prints reflecting on O’Connor’s legacy and his own forthcoming book on the acclaimed writer.


O’Connor has long been celebrated as well as criticized for highly-accomplished literary works which boldly examine such social concerns as religious faith, racial tensions, and cultural values. Aberjhani spent a decade completing his book “Greeting Flannery O’Connor at the Back Door of My Mind” but during the process was also inspired to produce corresponding visual art and poetry. On August 24, 2020, he posted the following on FAA, the first image having the same title as the book:


1) Greeting Flannery O’Connor at the Back Door of My Mind (url: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/greeting-flannery-oconnor-at-the-back-door-of-my-mind-aberjhani.html )


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Books containing compelling narrative writing combined with appealing fine art by a single creative individual are rare. That makes the forthcoming nonfiction narrative collection by Aberjhani, titled "Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah" (ISBN 978-9388125956), Cyberwit Publishers) as well as the artwork from it featured here at Fine Art America/Pixels.com, highly collectible. In addition, the rarity makes them likely to continue increasing in value.

The images in the book are black and white versions of color prints which may be viewed here: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/posteredchromatic-poetics.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=842913

Previous announcements concerning a book including art by Aberjhani stated it would be one of art and poetry titled "Incandescent Wonder," so the news regarding "Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah" took some by surprise.

"The inclusion of my art and photography in Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah...

Highly successful contemporary artists such as Banksy and Ai Weiwei have repeatedly demonstrated art's ability to simultaneously celebrate beauty and champion social justice. Citing volatile conditions around the world, American artist Aberjhani has continued the tradition of merging social and political awareness with daring aesthetics in new additions to his "Kaleidoscope Moons for Children Gone Too Soon" and "Breaking the Gridlock of Hate" art series.

The new releases are:
"City of Lights - Kaleidoscope Moon for Children Gone Too Soon Number 6 (at https://fineartamerica.com/featured/city-of-lights-kaleidoscope-moon-for-children-gone-too-soon-number-6-aberjhani.html ).

And: "Kiss of the Eclipse - Breaking the Gridlock of Hate Number 4" (at https://fineartamerica.com/featured/kiss-of-the-eclipse-breaking-the-gridlock-of-hate-number-4-aberjhani.html )

The artist shared this inspiration behind the new works on the product page for "Kiss of the Eclipse...

Tackling head-on the sensitive issue of children's lives lost to extreme violence, international artist Aberjhani kicked off the 2019 art season with the launch of the provocative new series, "Kaleidoscope Moons for Children Gone Too Soon."

The series successfully combines themes of social and environmental justice with aesthetics of highly-appealing formats and styles to confront one of the most disturbing concerns of modern times. It kicked off with 3 canvases and a special series gallery posted on Fine Art America/Pixels. The gallery can be found on this page: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/posteredchromatic-poetics.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=832901

The posted canvases are numbered but each also has an individual title. Number 1 is "Ascension," number 2 ", " and number 3 "Intensified." Product pages each carry a description of the specific artwork but also contain the following description by the artist of the new series:

THE STORY...

The Silk-Featherbrush art collection increased in quantity and value with the addition of two new prints dedicated to ending the hate crimes which have continued to needlessly destroy innocent lives. The new prints by artist-poet Aberjhani, whose literary works have often addressed the corrosive effects hate and violence have on societies, are as follows:

"Angels and Dangers - Breaking the Gridlock of Hate Number 1" (url: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/angels-and-dangers-breaking-the-gridlock-of-hate-number-1-aberjhani.html) and "The Continuum of Us - Breaking the Gridlock of Hate Number 2" (url: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-continuum-of-us-breaking-the-gridlock-of-hate-number-2-aberjhani.html ).

Commenting on why he felt it important to tackle the issue at this time, the artist shared these words on the product pages for the new titles: "The not-so-good news in 2018 that instances of hate crimes in America's 10 largest cities had increased for the...

Artist Aberjhani expanded his online art catalog with a multimedia portrait tribute to the iconic American jazz singer Nancy Wilson and a landscape canvas of a Christmas tree scene done in his original Silk-Featherbrush style. The portrait of the songstress is titled "These Colors I Hear When Nancy Wilson Sings Turned to Blue" and the Christmas landscape is called "Gathering Around the Tree of Our Shared Humanity Number 1."

Ms. Wilson is a multiple Grammy Award-winning performer whom the artist has always admired but whose music, he says, had a considerable influence on him in 2018. Describing that experience on the portrait's product page, he noted the following:

"The song 'Turned to Blue' is based on a poem by the late great author Dr. Maya Angelou (1928–2014), and originally titled "My Life Has Turned to Blue," so it is no wonder that her genius plus that of Nancy Wilson's cast a kind of spell over me. What form the results of that spell might take was not...

Since its online debut earlier this month, artwork from the Silk-Featherbrush Collection has been featured on the front home pages of several Fine Art America and Pixels community groups. In addition, two new prints titled "Dancing Girl Dani Busting Her Groove" and "Shining Heart of the Sun" were added to the collection on November 21, 2018, bringing the current total number of Silk-Featherbrush prints available for online purchase to six.

The art product page text for "Dancing Girl Dani Busting Her Groove" (url: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/dancing-girl-dani-busting-her-groove-aberjhani.html ) describes it as a "playful celebration of a cultural instinct which has survived in diverse forms across geopolitical boundaries: that of dance... The flash of colors moving from cool blues to blazing yellows and white in this image are meant to symbolize Dancer Dani's movements from meditative cool to what disco-era Baby Boomers used to describe as burning up the dance...

The new Silk-Featherbrush Collection, described by artist Aberjhani as "an accidental discovery which has yielded some very welcomed surprises," introduces collectors to an innovative body of work that fuses fresh style and technique with inspired social awareness and signature Chromatic Poetics. The collection made its debut at Fine Art America and on Pixels.com today, November 15, 2018, with the four art-print posts listed below:

1) Silk-Featherbrush Number 1: Rhapsody in the Key of Joy and Mystery (url: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/silk-featherbrush-number-1-rhapsody-in-the-key-of-joy-and-mystery-aberjhani.html )

2) Silk-Featherbrush Number 2: Two Redbirds of a Feather Cozy Together (url: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/silk-featherbrush-number-2-two-redbirds-of-a-feather-cozy-together-aberjhani.html )

3) Silk-Featherbrush Number 3: Symphony of the Wandering Refugees (url:...

(International, Nov 2, 2018)--In honor of women warriors of today and yesterday, artist and historian Aberjhani released two new prints titled "Woman Whose Dreams Kept Hope Alive" and "Woman Who Won the Battle to Free Her Soul." Both have been included in the artist-historian's Harlem Renaissance Collection on Fine Art America and Pixels.com.

In addition to being and artist and photographer whose works reflect different innovative styles, Aberjhani is also co-author of the award-winning Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, and editor of the award-winning Civil War Savannah Book Series. His visual creations, all of which until December 31, 2018, may be purchased at 30 percent off the mark-up using promo code HSPRXZ, have been featured by numerous groups on Fine Art America.

The new art prints developed out of the artist's desire to accomplish two things. One was to acknowledge 2018 as a year of important breakthroughs for women via the #MeToo movement. The other...

A new Redbird Series print by Aberjhani, titled "Redbird and the Astonishing Epiphany," is currently slated for release October 18, 2018, on the artist's Official Postered Chromatic Poetics profile at Fine Art America and Pixels.com. The new release will increase to six the total number of Redbird Series artworks made available to the public.

The series debuted at Fine Art America with the prints titled "Redbird Dreaming About Why Love is Always Important" and "Redbird Sifting Beauty out of Ashes" on August 9, 2018.

It continued on August 29 with "Redbird in the Valley of Beautiful Possibilities," followed by "Redbird Speaking Compassion to Power" on September 5, and "Redbird Singing Songs of Love in the Tree of Hope" on September 20.

As presented in the series, the North American Cardinal, commonly referred to as "the red bird," serves as a metaphor for contemporary human beings. In the aritst Aberjhani's work, Redbird is positioned within different...

(INTERNATIONAL, Oct 8, 2018)-- Most would agree it is a fairly big deal by itself to save a substantial 30 percentage off wall art, iPhone cases, battery chargers, notebooks, items for the home like towels and shower curtains, T-shirts, baby-clothing, and coffee mugs. However, in addition to the savings, promo code HSPRXZ also gives buyers easier access to the qualities and signature features which make the Postered Chromatic Poetics art catalog at Fine Art America and Pixels.com unique.

Those exceptional qualities and signature features have increased the catalog's popularity over the past year and continue to do the same for its value. The following are five factors driving the increases and reasons why using promo code HSPRXZ is a lot smarter than you might think:

1. Two or More for the Price of One: Chromatic Poetics artwork more often than not actually consists of two or more creations harmoniously blended to produce cutting edge artworks and designs. This...

The previously-announced 25 percent off Gift of Human Unity Art Sale, Sponsored by Bright Skylark Literary Productions at Fine Art America, has now been increased to 40 Percent Off.


The sale will last until January 7, 2017, but the larger discount has been applied now in the festive spirit of Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
To take advantage of this opportunity, simply enter the discount code MEKCFJ to receive 40% off when purchasing any Postered Chromatic Poetics artwork by Aberjhani, whether listed under the brand’s name or that of the artist. These include everything from: fleece blankets, framed prints, wood prints, and greeting cards to T-shirts, coffee cups, phone cases, and items for the home, like decorative throw pillows.


A substantial percentage of sales from specific items in the Chromatic Poetics series have been pledged to the humanitarian organization Charter for Compassion since the opening of the art store earlier this year. These...

The Gift of Human Unity art sale sponsored by Bright Skylark Literary Productions kicks off today, November 1, 2017, and will run until January 7, 2018, as a tribute to the many members of diverse global communities working to encourage the adoption of nonviolent solutions to various forms of conflict.


To take advantage of this opportunity, simply enter the discount code MEKCFJ to receive 25% off when purchasing any Postered Chromatic Poetics artwork by Aberjhani, whether listed under the brand’s name or that of the artist. These include everything from: framed prints, wood prints, and greeting cards to T-shirts, coffee cups, phone cases, and items for the home, like decorative throw pillows and shower curtains.


Throughout this event, the Postered Chromatic Poetics Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ChromaticPoetics/) will feature links to stories about communities promoting unity and striving to overcome volatile conditions through communication...