Morningstar by Anthony Azekwoh: an indigo-skinned figure with a large afro and glowing gold eyes against a field of orange flame, wearing a gold chain with a white flower on the chest.
Morningstar (1)
Morningstar (2)

Morningstar

Before he fell, he was the brightest. The fire remembers him. So does the dark.

$173
The Last Dance (1)
The Last Dance (2)
The Last Dance (3)
The Last Dance (4)
The Last Dance (5)
The Last Dance (6)
The Last Dance (7)
The Last Dance (8)

The Last Dance

The music has not stopped. She has simply heard the silence underneath it.

$127
Mami Wata by Anthony Azekwoh: three dark water-spirit figures intertwined in turquoise water with gold serpentine currents and a thread of red, the West African deity of the deep.

Mami Wata

Queen of the rivers. Mother of the deep. She has every gift, and she keeps the price.

$790
Oriana by Anthony Azekwoh: a soft pastel portrait of a young woman with braided hair threaded with silver, a nose ring, holding a multicoloured bouquet, in lavender and white tones.

Oriana

She arrived with flowers and weather in her hair, and the room rearranged itself.

$934
Mama Gold (1)
Mama Gold (2)

Mama Gold

She built the market and the market built the city. The cigar is hers. So is the last word.

$424
Goldie (1)
Goldie (2)

Goldie

Everyone in the room is looking. She decided that a long time ago.

$424
The Traveller by Anthony Azekwoh: an elderly man wrapped in deep red robes and turban with one clouded eye and white marks on his face, a leather amulet at his collar, against a gold ground.

The Traveller

One eye for the road ahead, one for the road behind. He has walked both.

$424
Cleopatra (1)
Cleopatra (2)

Cleopatra

History painted her pale. The painting gives her back her face, and her cat.

$345
Ayra Starr (1)
Ayra Starr (2)

Ayra Starr

A whole generation looked up at once. She was the thing they were looking at.

$345
Stardust (1)
Stardust (2)

Stardust

She is made of the same thing as the sky. When she goes, she goes back into it.

$345
Tutu (1)
Tutu (2)

Tutu

Enwonwu painted her, and the nation saw itself. Here she is again.

$137
The Lover (1)
The Lover (2)

The Lover

He loved hard enough to age from it. He would do it again tomorrow.

$137
Father Time by Anthony Azekwoh: an old-master style profile of an ancient bald bearded man in red robes against an aged green-gold ground, the surface painted to look cracked with age.

Father Time

He is not counting the years. He is watching them pass on their way somewhere.

$137
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Print Sizing

Every print is hand-signed and numbered. Sizes shown above are drawn to scale relative to one another.

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