A sun with a drawn face presides over a landscape built from layered strokes of cadmium yellow and turquoise, Okonkwo's stick figures caught mid-stride with an urgency that the loose, looping linework somehow sustains. Shadow masses in grey and olive accumulate beneath the ground plane, giving the flat scene unexpected weight. The whole image sits between children's drawing and something more deliberate - a conscious claim on directness.
- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery
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A sun with a drawn face presides over a landscape built from layered strokes of cadmium yellow and turquoise, Okonkwo's stick figures caught mid-stride with an urgency that the loose, looping linework somehow sustains. Shadow masses in grey and olive accumulate beneath the ground plane, giving the flat scene unexpected weight. The whole image sits between children's drawing and something more deliberate - a conscious claim on directness.
- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery