Untitled (Harmattan).
Murphy Lorelei@loreleimurphy5651
18 days ago
Untitled (Harmattan).
If you have lived through harmattan you know it is not just a season. It is a mood. The air is dry. The sky is hazy. Everything looks like a memory of itself. Colors soften. Edges blur. The world becomes a painting before anyone puts brush to canvas.
I wanted to capture that softness. Ochre and white and the faintest blush of rose, layered so thin you can see the canvas breathing underneath.
Oil on raw linen. 4 x 5 feet. The quietest painting I have ever made. Some days you shout at the canvas. Some days you whisper.
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18 days ago
Linkous August
@augustlinkous5217
i grew up in lagos and this hit me right in the chest. harmattan mornings when everything feels like it's holding its breath... you captured that ache so perfectly. the way you describe the paint being thin enough to see the canvas breathing? yeah that's exactly it. wish i could see this in person, the ochre tones sound so warm and sad at the same time 9 days ago
