I’m LaKeisha — most people call me “L” — a multidisciplinary artist based in Atlanta, Georgia, creating under the name Joelle Monique.

My creative journey did not begin on canvas, but in design — shaping brands, building visual systems, and learning how imagery communicates meaning long before words are spoken. Over time, that discipline evolved into fashion illustration and painting, first as a personal therapeutic practice, and eventually as a calling. Painting became a way to slow down, to listen, and to help me process and honor what lived beneath the surface.

I work primarily with acrylic, gouache, and marker. My influences are layered — spirituality, culture, social awareness, and lived experience — and my work explores what it means to be seen — not only in how we present ourselves to the world, but as who we are becoming.

Over time, my focus has shifted from expression to responsibility. I create with an awareness of legacy and how visual language shapes the way we see ourselves and one another. At its core, my practice is about making space — for reflection, for becoming, and for remembering what already lives within us.

My work is a love letter — one that continues to unfold, shaped by who I am becoming.