Original artwork description:

This painting is from the "Heritage collection".

In the Yoruba culture, the name given to a child is symbolic of their history or their destiny.

A.R.E.W.A. pronounced “Ah-reh-wa”
means “the beautiful one”.

She’s done being driven by the world’s definition of beauty.

Her confidence sprouts not just from her beauty, but is rooted in the wholesomeness of her being.

“Ọmọ tó rẹwà!”

Materials used:

Acrylic and wood pieces on canvas

Tags:
#colorful #african art #black woman #african portrait #black artist 
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Arèwà (2022)

Mixed-media painting 
by Taiwo Apampa

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Original artwork description
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This painting is from the "Heritage collection".

In the Yoruba culture, the name given to a child is symbolic of their history or their destiny.

A.R.E.W.A. pronounced “Ah-reh-wa”
means “the beautiful one”.

She’s done being driven by the world’s definition of beauty.

Her confidence sprouts not just from her beauty, but is rooted in the wholesomeness of her being.

“Ọmọ tó rẹwà!”

Materials used:

Acrylic and wood pieces on canvas

Tags:
#colorful #african art #black woman #african portrait #black artist 
Featured by our Editors:
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