Beneath Two Suns
More than a digital painting, Beneath Two Suns is a story told in light, shadow, and memory — a portal into the space where ancestral wisdom meets imagined futures. Set against the vast savanna, this piece invites you to stand at the threshold between grounded belonging and sky-bound possibility. It is where heritage burns steadily like the first sun, and hope rises anew in the form of a second.
Behind the Vision:
Created in response to questions of identity, resilience, and becoming, Beneath Two Suns draws from the geometric elegance of Ndebele art, the layered symbolism of African beadwork, and the haunting stillness of dusk. I sought to explore the quiet strength in duality — how we are shaped by what we inherit, even as we dream ourselves forward into something more.
Created in response to questions of identity, resilience, and becoming, Beneath Two Suns draws from the geometric elegance of Ndebele art, the layered symbolism of African beadwork, and the haunting stillness of dusk. I sought to explore the quiet strength in duality — how we are shaped by what we inherit, even as we dream ourselves forward into something more.
At the composition's heart, a lone figure emerges — cloaked in vivid hues, she stands between two realms: the enduring earth of the past and the boundless sky of what’s to come. The rising second sun is not just celestial; it is metaphor — a symbol of transformation, a light borne from within.
Part of the collection Under Afrikan Skies, this work honours the land that shapes us and the dreams that carry us.
Beneath Two Suns is a meditation on rootedness, reawakening, and the eternal call of home.
Beneath Two Suns is a meditation on rootedness, reawakening, and the eternal call of home.
Silent Ancestry
More than a portrait, Silent Ancestry is an invocation — a visual meditation on lineage, memory, and the quiet strength passed through generations. Anchored by the greyscale profile of an elder African man, the piece invites silent reflection: a moment held between a blood-red horizon and moonlit echoes from beyond.
Behind the Vision:
Created as part of the collection Under Afrikan Skies, this work is a tribute to the unseen and often unspoken foundations of identity. I was drawn to explore the way wisdom resides in silence — how dignity, cultural pride, and lived experience are so often carried with quiet grace. The greyscale of his skin is intentional: not an absence, but a mark of reverence, with each wrinkle bearing the weight of endurance.
Created as part of the collection Under Afrikan Skies, this work is a tribute to the unseen and often unspoken foundations of identity. I was drawn to explore the way wisdom resides in silence — how dignity, cultural pride, and lived experience are so often carried with quiet grace. The greyscale of his skin is intentional: not an absence, but a mark of reverence, with each wrinkle bearing the weight of endurance.
Draped in vibrant traditional textiles and beadwork, the figure becomes both witness and vessel. Behind him, a full moon rises — halo and ancestral beacon — casting light on the invisible threads that bind past and present. Through bold contrast and surreal harmony, time seems to fold, allowing history to draw breath beside us.
Silent Ancestry honours those whose stories may never be written, yet continue to shape us in profound ways.
It is a quiet offering — part memory, part prayer — beneath Afrikan skies.
It is a quiet offering — part memory, part prayer — beneath Afrikan skies.
Child of the Future
Not merely an image, Child of the Future is a vision suspended between worlds — a visual prophecy shaped by earthbound heritage and celestial longing. Centered on the grayscale form of a young Afrikan girl adorned in vivid face paint, the piece gazes skyward: beyond the mountain, beyond the moment — toward what could be.
Behind the Vision:
Created as part of the Under Afrikan Skies collection, this work explores the convergence of tradition and possibility. The girl's upward gaze is intentional — not of escape, but of becoming. Her skin, rendered in grayscale, speaks to both rootedness and timelessness, while the painted symbols on her face echo ritual, resilience, and revolution.
Created as part of the Under Afrikan Skies collection, this work explores the convergence of tradition and possibility. The girl's upward gaze is intentional — not of escape, but of becoming. Her skin, rendered in grayscale, speaks to both rootedness and timelessness, while the painted symbols on her face echo ritual, resilience, and revolution.
Behind her rises Mount Kilimanjaro: immovable, ancestral, eternal. And above it all, a reimagined Earth hovers in green luminescence — not our current world, but perhaps a healed one. This alternate sky invites speculation: What futures are possible when imagination is not severed from heritage?
In Child of the Future, the continent is not framed in scarcity but in myth and momentum. Through the blending of Afro-futurism, surrealism, and digital collage, time opens like a window. What stands revealed is not just a child — but a tomorrow carried forward on Afrikan breath.
It is both dream and declaration — alive beneath Afrikan skies.
