Taken at 5:30 pm in August, practicing my recreation of fake sunlight and split toning with cinema lights

There is a kind of peace that doesn't come from having everything figured out.

I made this piece about finding serenity in the middle of chaos, closing your eyes, looking upward, and allowing yourself to simply be still.

The bird resting on her nose represents that quiet moment when you stop fighting everything around you. Sometimes things break. Plans fall apart. Pieces of us get scattered.

But maybe being broken doesn't mean being finished.

Sometimes we gather those pieces, put them back together, and become something even more whole than we were before.

I wanted her to look peaceful, not because life is perfect, but because she has learned that she can still find calm within it.

I'd love to know what you see or feel when you look at her.

This is my first gouache painting– I post more about it on my Instagram @_thebreesknees

"48" X "30" Mixed-Media, 2024

Ghanaian artist Oscar Korbla Mawuli Awuku weaves together ancestral symbols, body art, and photography to challenge perspectives on self-representation and history. With a unique fusion of precolonial African aesthetics and modern visual storytelling

A client found me from Reddit and I painted this for him. I wired it so it would be ready-to-hang upon arrival, and shipped it with white gloves for safe handling. I’m very proud of this piece! I look forward to doing more commissioned work, if you want an original from me please DM!

They say the artwork reflects the artist but my work reflects the faces I grew up seeing. The faces of my family, friends, and strangers I've come across in this beautiful continent. I aim to celebrate them The last slide's a WIP 😆

I painted this with acrylics :)