Overjoyed

OverjoyedStylistically, the work blends bold color blocking with painterly gradients, sitting somewhere between editorial illustration and contemporary Afro futurist pop. The palette leans into heat citrus, amber, flame while the cool greens in the lenses create tension and balance. Themes of visibility, cultural confidence, and interior worlds run quietly through the piece. What we see in the reflection is not fully revealed, suggesting that perspective is

Stylistically, the work blends bold color blocking with painterly gradients, sitting somewhere between editorial illustration and contemporary Afro-futurist pop. The palette leans into heat — citrus, amber, flame — while the cool greens in the lenses create tension and balance.

Themes of visibility, cultural confidence, and interior worlds run quietly through the piece. What we see in the reflection is not fully revealed, suggesting that perspective is personal, layered, and owned.

My work resists spectacle. It leans into dignity, warmth, and dimensionality. The subjects are not performing for the viewer; they are existing fully within themselves.

At its core, my practice is about ownership — of narrative, of image, of atmosphere. I aim to create visual spaces where culture is not extracted or stylized for approval, but expressed as lived truth.