Enough ll by Flourish Oyinlola
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Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 10 x 12 in
Year: 2026
Price: $150.00 USD
Status: available
The internal pressure many women experience to meet the expectations attached to every role they occupy. The desire to be a good daughter, partner, friend, mother, or professional can gradually become a constant pursuit of perfection, where self-worth becomes tied to performance and approval. The work reflects on the emotional cost of this mindset the tendency to suppress personal needs, hide vulnerability, and feel inadequate when expectations are not met. It challenges the belief that a woman must constantly prove her value through perfection and instead calls for self-acceptance. Every woman is already enough. By embracing authenticity instead of perfection, she can live with greater freedom, confidence, and self-acceptance. I use this piece as an invitation to let go of impossible standards and celebrate the beauty of being unapologetically human.
Why collect this work?
A hexagonal grid crosses figure and ground, turning Enough II into a portrait of individuality held within, and pressed against, a pervasive visual order.
- Oyinlola’s statement frames the beehive as a metaphor for women’s strength, care, and community. In this work, its geometry also permits a less settled reading of collective expectations.
- In the photograph, dark cells continue from the pale ground across the sitter’s face. Varied blues model the features, while the direct gaze and orange jacket remain forceful points of distinction.
- Catalogued as oil on canvas, the painting builds the portrait through bounded areas of colour rather than uninterrupted tonal modelling. The repeated outlines make likeness and pattern inseparable.
- The work gives visual form to the artist’s stated concern with perfection and approval. Its grid can register simultaneously as connection, classification, and pressure, complicating the affirming title.
About the Artist
Flourish Oyinlola
Flourish Oyinlola is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: Visual Artist Geometry pattern | Bee hive 🐝 . Based in Ibadan, NG.
Nationality: Nigerian
My practice explore the connection between nature and humanity, using the beehive as a metaphor for women's strength, resilience, and...
