Distant but close, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 30x20cm/12x8in
Full of Kelewele, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 30x20cm/12x8in
Musa follows me, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 30x20cm/12x8in
Waking up, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 30x20cm/12x8in
Sounds System, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 50x30cm/19.7x12in
Wednesdays and Friday, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 50x30cm/19.7x12in
Klanaa Close, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 40x30cm/15.7x12in
Like I never left, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 40x30cm/15.7x12in
Early Sunset, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 88x160cm/34.6x63in
Sounds System, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 88x30cm/34.6x12in
Between Us, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 88x30cm/34.6x12in
Water and Flesh, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 100x88cm/39x34.6in
Third Kaadjano, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 100x88cm/39x34.6in
Ako Adjei Park, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 100x88cm/39x34.6in
Papaya, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 88x69cm/34.6x27in
Drifting Spirits
Dot Ateliers, Accra, Ghana
November 3 - December 1, 2024
The opportunity to create outside of a western context and specifically on the African continent, is a stimulus for new ideas and exploration. I wanted to explore this personal dichotomy further in Accra, a city that is flourishing with creativity and energy.
I recently started introducing a novel element to my paintings in which the whole surface of the canvas is seized by white lines, inspired not only by the various shapes that form a football net but also by the varying nature of life’s chapters. I am attracted to the repetitive process and the abstract square shapes of the net, and how depending on movement, the direction of the lines can adopt a different route. This type of cross-word effect provides me with a new language and I’ve been deepening my exploration of this since being here.
Since arriving at the beginning of November, I’ve got into a bit of a routine — waking up as soon as the light peaks through the window and hearing the cock or the nearby church break into song; buying deliciously fresh mango and pineapple cut meticulously from the lady who sells at the same place every morning; exchanging a warm ‘good morning’ or ‘good evening’ with the community members I cross paths with — simple things which have given me moments of joy and some sort of comfort. I have gotten a real sense of ‘home’ and connection from being here.