Carry my Heart. It's too Heavy for Me.

I don't think there's much explanation to this piece. It's pretty literal. 

Or maybe I'm too embarrassed to explain. Take it as you like. 

 Lately,  I had the opportunity to speak to someone that really critiqued my work. 

One of the the things he suggested was combining all my skills together.

It was kind of a light bulb moment. It's something I've thought of before but never 

really clicked until he said it. 

So in this piece I combined my painting with my poetry. 

I added some of my Yoruba culture into the piece as well. The skirt
is Adire (Tie & Dye) and I translated the title of the piece into the language.

I'd like to share one of the poems I wrote on this piece.

Here it is:

The Butterfly Effect

I hate the feeling of
butterflies in my tummy

My heart thumping, thinking
imagining a relationship with
someone new
 
My emotions are lies at the
beginning and later on
tell the truth

It’s painful
tiring
unfair
disgusting

I tell myself that these emotions
are lies

But the heart wants what it wants

It never believes me until
We experience the flaws of the 
relationship
the pain of breaking my heart or
his even though we were never
in love

It still hurts even if
NONE OF US LOVED

And it all started because of the
butterflies in my tummy

Unborn

Watercolour on paper. 12 x16 inches.

Temi is Unborn

Watercolour. 23" x 17".

I have a thing for jewelry. Since high school, I would buy strange unique ones.
Whenever my friends come to my place, they normally want to got through my collection.

As my fascination for jewelry continues to grow I went ahead to get this book.
This is where I got the inspiration for Temi's shoulders.
Especially the details.

Have a great weekend.

The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born

Watercolour.

Recently, I haven't had much time create my own personal art. I've been
working on freelance work. I started to feel frustrated so I made time to paint something
I wanted to actually paint.
It felt good.

The progress below.





On another note, I got to purchase an art piece by Karo Akpokiere
I love his art. It inspires me.
You guys should check his site out.

The art I bought is called Lust. What drew me to buying this particular art
was the idea about it.

Check out what the ideology behind this artwork
here (Just scroll down till you get to the art piece)

Skull/Clown

Oil painting.

A client asked me to paint this half skull half clown piece. I dreaded doing it but he liked it. His words "Nooooooo way!!!! That's maaaaad! It's like u looked inside my head!!!" so although I hated doing it I'm glad it was a success.

Lady Biba

I did a photo-shoot for the fashion line Lady Biba.
It was really long and pretty exhausting but looking at the
photos, I'm pretty impressed with myself. I think it turned out beautifully.

I'm a strong believer in the Lady Biba fashion line. There's a scarcity in Lagos to get
affordable, fashionable good quality clothes. And Miss Adeniyi brings that to the table.
I wish her luck and hope to see the line grow.

Behind the scenes

Fashion Designer: Bisola Adeniyi
Photography: Modé and help from my cousins Mo and Lanu.
Stylist: Sharon Ojong
Stylist Assistant: Charles Etta
Make-up: David Onyedike
Models: Idera Johnson, Ire Aderinokun (My Sis!!) and Titi Akomolede.

Special thank you to Miss Mo and Lanu Agusto.

My favourite photo from the shoot.
There goes my sister :)