DeShawn Maurice

My life is a miraculous account of God’s immeasurable grace. When I think back to the choices I made and the pits to which I fell…it’s truly a miracle that I am even alive today to share this with you.

Before I was even born I had the challenges of life confronting me. During my mother’s unwanted pregnancy she and her mother tried to abort me with very primitive methods I shall not mention. My father was a criminal minded and angry individual that was never in my life, but he just surfaced on the outside of my life and caused chaos. My parents were very young and were unable to take care of me due to their teen drug and alcohol abuse. So I was raised by my father’s sister and parents who I am so grateful to for sacrificing the

DeShawn Maurice creates most of his artworks with acrylics on large canvas along with mixed media, found art as well as functional art. As an abstract artist he enjoys restoring and expressing his abstract painting style on unique and recycled furniture pieces. DeShawn loves to bring the neglected structures back to life and apply his own artistic design and creativity to them. As he begins to work, he feels that he leaves a part of himself with each piece of artwork. DeShawn\'s purpose for creating his work is to give glory to God and to allow God through his art to touch the viwers spiritually.