She continued: “I think what really attracted me to these pieces is that a lot of people are probably not aware of how talented he is as an artist outside of his music career.
“I think these pieces demonstrate an extraordinary facility as an artist and I selected this grouping because it shows the different mediums he was working in.”
The elaborate masterpieces were created using graphite and gouache, and he even used a scratchboard technique.
West’s cousin-in-law explained that he was able to attend prestigious art colleges, such as the American Academy of Art in Chicago, where he later obtained a bachelor’s degree in fine art, because his late mother was a teacher and encouraged him to follow his passion.
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