Sunday by Daniel Abera
Explore Mondoir Studio
Medium: Acrylic , marker and collage on canvas
Dimensions: 90 x 100 cm
Year: 2026
Price: $2400.00 USD
Status: available
“Sunday” grew from my longing for those unhurried hours when home, memory, and imagination seem to overlap. I wanted to capture a day that feels lived in rather than arranged, where plants flourish, shelves hold small histories, and open pathways invite the eye to wander without needing a destination. I built the scene in acrylic, marker, and collage, layering marks and fragments as memories gather over time. The vibrant greens, blues, coral reds, and yellows carry the warmth and energy of a place filled with life. Books, vessels, flowers, hanging forms, and tangled lines create a rhythm between shelter and garden, intimacy and discovery. The composition is intentionally abundant. For me, that fullness reflects the way familiar spaces can hold many stories at once: quiet routines, private thoughts, traces of people, and the comforting disorder of daily life. I hope “Sunday” offers a pause from urgency. I want viewers to feel they can step into this world, follow its hidden paths, and rediscover the pleasure of looking slowly. Above all, I hope it brings the gentle reassurance of belonging somewhere, even if that place exists only in memory.
Why collect this work?
Sunday compresses shelf, garden, and city architecture into a shallow, crowded field, presenting domestic memory as an accumulation of spaces rather than a coherent view.
- Abera describes his practice as transforming familiar Ethiopian environments through memory and abstraction. In this work, recognisable books, vessels, flowers, and hanging forms support that stated concern without settling into one location.
- In the photograph, vertical structures frame a central strip of foliage, while cables and suspended shapes cross overhead. The narrowing passage creates depth, but abrupt shifts in scale keep the scene spatially unsettled.
- The catalogue identifies acrylic, marker, and collage on canvas. That combination permits broad colour areas, emphatic linear accents, and inserted fragments to remain distinct within the same densely built surface.
- Curatorially, Sunday provides a specific case for examining how still life, interior, garden, and streetscape can overlap without being resolved into a single viewpoint.
About the Artist
Daniel Abera
Daniel Abera is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: Mixed media painting. Based in Addis ababa, ET.
Nationality: Ethiopian
My practice explores memory, identity, and collective experience through everyday environments and objects.
