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Fire In Her Hands

Fire In Her Hands 2024

Afeez Akinlade

Oil on Canva/Oil paintings.

20 x 23 Inches (50.8 × 58.4 cm)

She sits in stillness, rendered in soft monochrome-timeless, unnoticed by the rush around her. But in her hands, the bole and fish glow with colour smoky golds and deep browns, hot with life. Fire in Her Hands celebrates the quiet pride of a street vendor, where the soul of survival...

She sits in stillness, rendered in soft monochrome-timeless, unnoticed by the rush around her. But in her hands, the bole and fish glow with colour smoky golds and deep browns, hot with life. Fire in Her Hands celebrates the quiet pride of a street vendor, where the soul of survival isn't loud, but it burns brightly. The food tells the story. She makes it unforgettable.

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About the work
  • Dimension: 20 x 23 Inches(50.8 × 58.4 cm)
  • Material: Painting
  • Category: Oil paintings
  • Signature: Hand signed by artist.
  • Frame: Optional.
Afeez Akinlade, 1990's, Nigeria.

Afeez Mudashiru Akinlade, an indigene of Aleshinloye compound, Iseyin in Oyo state Nigeria. A graduate of Yaba college of technology studied painting. Afeez reflects on his humble beginings growing up. Nurtured and groomed in Apapa Ajegunle, Afeez. acclimatise with the by bundle of talented arts abound in that area the completion of his secondary school years in 1998, saw him...

Afeez Mudashiru Akinlade, an indigene of Aleshinloye compound, Iseyin in Oyo state Nigeria. A graduate of Yaba college of technology studied painting.
Afeez reflects on his humble beginings growing up. Nurtured and groomed in Apapa Ajegunle, Afeez. acclimatise with the by bundle of talented arts abound in that area the completion of his secondary school years in 1998, saw him developing his flair for painting under the tutelage of Mr Seth Ikusika. He remain with him for some years before disengaging to study arts in Yaba college of technology.
Afeez has involved him self with countless group exhibitions both at home and in the diaspora.