I have been in the arts since I was a child. I am a self-taught artist. I draw and paint. I put most of my focus on performing realism or photorealistic portraits since I was very young. I perform different techniques I have learned through the years including graphite, charcoal, color pencil, watercolors, soft & chalk pastel, acrylics, and oils. I enjoy performing the arts every day. I reside in the Washington County area for the past 25 years. God bless!
I enjoy all kinds of portrait art, with specific experience in oil and acrylic painted portraits, as well as graphite or pen sketch portraits. I've done a variety of gift portrait work, whether personal/familial gifts or business gifts following conferences. I have worked from live modeling as well as photographs. It's always been a wonderful experience working with the person commissioning the portrait to best portray the subject of a painting, incorporating jewelry/memorabilia/etc. as asked.
Boma Tende is a Nigerian-American Artist and UX Designer. She recently graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, with a BA in Studio Arts and BS in Information Science.
When creating art, Boma intends to highlight the beauty of Black women to inspire them and others to love themselves. Her Nigerian heritage and African American culture also influence her art, which she calls Afro-Unity. Afro-Unity is when the African diaspora connects and cultures unite through art and appreciation.