Enough V by Flourish Oyinlola
Explore Mondoir Studio
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 10 x 12 in
Year: 2026
Price: $150.00 USD
Status: available
In the pursuit of being accepted, respected, and valued, many women constantly strive to be the perfect daughter, partner, mother, friend, or professional. What begins as a desire to do well gradually becomes an endless need to meet impossible standards, turning perfection into a way of life rather than a choice. The problem is not the desire to grow or improve, but the belief that a woman's worth depends on how perfectly she fulfills every role. This way of thinking often leads women to ignore their own needs, hide their struggles, and carry emotional burdens in silence. They continue to give, achieve, and endure, believing they must always appear strong, capable, and flawless. In doing so, they slowly lose the freedom to simply be themselves. This piece challenges that mindset. It encourages women to question the unrealistic expectations they place on themselves and to recognize that they do not have to earn their value through perfection. 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?
Enough V uses one repeated hexagonal structure to bind portrait and ground, then sharply separates them through coral, blue, and black, making belonging appear both sustaining and restrictive.
- Flourish Oyinlola describes the beehive as a metaphor for women’s strength, community, and care. Here, that stated intention is complicated by a grid that organizes the face into many bounded cells.
- In the photograph, the sitter’s pale, asymmetrically directed eyes interrupt the dark blue pattern, while a broad, nearly black silhouette dominates the upper canvas. These breaks keep the portrait from becoming fully absorbed into its decorative system.
- The documented oil-on-canvas medium permits opaque shifts between coral, blue, white, and black. Repeated painted outlines establish continuity, while tonal variations preserve the features beneath the geometry.
- The painting is a useful focus for examining how patterned portraiture can picture social expectation: the same motif that connects the figure to its surroundings also divides the face into regulated units.
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...
