Sidera (Honeymoon) by Olumide Ajayi
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Medium: Ink and Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 36 x 36 in
Year: 2025
Price: $1850.00 USD
Status: available
Sidera reflects that kind of radiant intimacy, the soul's longing to chart constellations in another person, to navigate the galaxies of their experiences, and to leave behind light, not just presence. This series explores the entire journey of love and breaks it into stages. Stage 1: Infatuation (The Honeymoon) Dopamine and oxytocin flood the brain. You feel alive, magnetic, and consumed by connection. This stage builds bonding, but it also masks red flags. I'm a lover. I want to drown in tenderness. I want to dive deep into your soul. I want to tug on your heartstrings and help free your mind. I crave emotional intimacy. I'm a sucker for deep soul sessions. I love heart-to-hearts. I love knowing what inspires and drives someone. I love learning about their scars, how they love, and how they survived every war. It's beautiful observing their growth. I value the bonds that witnessed my soul. I'm at my best when I'm emotionally connected, when I'm loved, and when I'm loving. I want to leave my mark.
Why collect this work?
Two faceless figures press together at the painting’s centre, their outlined hands supplying the contact their blank heads cannot express. Intimacy appears immediate, yet remains unreadable.
- Ajayi states that his paintings explore less obvious emotions through the body. Here, the figures’ embrace supports that aim while withholding identities and facial cues.
- The photograph shows black bodies anchored within a yellow field crowded by hearts, rings, branching forms and handwritten questions. “SIDERA” curves above them, giving the surrounding marks a loose, cosmic register.
- Catalogued as ink and acrylic on canvas, the work sets broad, opaque silhouettes against fine outlines, symbols and writing. These contrasting registers separate bodily closeness from the restless field around it.
- The artist describes this 2025 painting as the honeymoon stage of love. Its unresolved questions complicate that premise, making it pertinent to accounts of infatuation that include uncertainty rather than simple bliss.
About the Artist
Olumide Ajayi
Olumide Ajayi is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: Painter. Mixed Media. Based in Ibadan, NG.
Nationality: Nigerian
My work seeks to embrace complex feelings, giving them a canvas to breathe, shift, and resonate.
