Coloured - art print Material:canvas These Heliconia flowers

These Heliconia flowers

I wanted to portray modern women who've held on to beautiful aspects of tradition

This piece is a reminder that the bonds we share in family

'Leave Me Alone' is the twin sister of 'You Born Alone'

I explored the idea of an African goddess graced with beauty as well as strength

Coloured - art print Material:canvas These Heliconia flowersArtventure: This piece magnifies the stark difference between the two extreme meanings of the word coloured. The word 'Coloured' was notoriously used to 'paint' Black people in a hue that really is the absence of light and therefore the absence of true colour. Black pigment is an unrealistic representation of any of our skin tones and is used here to emphasize this sentiment. In contrast, the background is vibrant and actually coloured, and really is