LOVE WITHOUT FEAR by Oluwafemi Afolabi
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Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 36 x 48 in
Year: 2022
Price: $2350.00 USD
Status: available
"Love Without Fear" is a celebration of vulnerability and courage. Inspired by the profound idea that true love requires risking deep hurt, this piece embodies the strength found in embracing such risks. The vibrant red background symbolizes passion and intensity, enveloping the figure in a warmth that is both protective and bold. The woman's gaze is steady, her posture confident, as she holds a bouquet of roses, a timeless emblem of love. Her dress, adorned with intricate patterns, represents the complex layers of emotion and experience that weave through our lives. The contrast of colors and textures highlights the dual nature of love: the beauty and the potential for pain. In creating this work, I wanted to evoke the spirit of 2 Timothy 1:7, reminding us that we are endowed with power and love, not fear. I hope viewers feel inspired to open their hearts fully, understanding that greatness lies beyond the safety of our defenses. This piece is an invitation to love fiercely and live boldly, cherishing the beauty that comes with taking such heartfelt risks.
Why collect this work?
A nearly frontal figure set tightly against a continuous red field makes affection appear less like private sentiment than a deliberate, public stance sustained through composure.
- Afolabi’s statement connects his practice with women, hope, and scriptural encouragement. That intention helps explain the work’s affirmative title, but the restrained pose leaves its vulnerability unresolved rather than simply illustrating courage.
- In the supplied photograph, the figure’s outward gaze and squared shoulders contrast with the roses held close to her torso. Yellow garment patterns articulate the body, while the red bouquet partly merges into the ground.
- The catalogue identifies acrylic on canvas. Here, the medium permits opaque, sharply bounded areas that compress figure, clothing, flowers, and background into an emphatically shallow pictorial space.
- Encountered alongside contemporary portraits using flowers as attributes, this 2022 painting complicates the rose’s conventional romantic role: the bouquet signals attachment, while the figure’s self-possession resists passivity or surrender.
About the Artist
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Oluwafemi Afolabi is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: painting. Based in Ibadan , NG.
Nationality: Nigerian
To be precise, my art is my means of self-expression, the reflection of my community and the appreciation of nature; an avenue to capture and...
