Away from home by Oluwafemi Akanmu Explore Mondoir Studio Medium: Charcoal and acrylic on canvas Dimensions: 36 x 48 in Year: 2025 Price: $2800.00 USD Status: available Away from Home captures the spirit of quiet determination, The work reflects resilience, readiness, and the courage to step into the unknown with grace. we left home to make home. Why collect this work?A traveller set against unreadable signs makes departure appear purposeful but unresolved: preparation is visible, while destination remains withheld. Akanmu states that his practice centres Black dignity, lived experience and hope. Here, the figure’s upright bearing and elevated gaze support that intention without resolving what lies ahead.In the supplied image, a nearly full-length figure grips the strap of an oversized bag. Strong pink and blue passages separate him from a dense field of pale, glyph-like forms that resemble language but cannot be read.Catalogued as charcoal and acrylic on canvas, the work combines dark tonal modelling with broad areas of saturated colour. The detailed figure and flatter patterned ground produce competing kinds of visual information.Dated 2025 and titled Away from Home, the painting frames leaving as both resolve and uncertainty. It is particularly relevant to discussions of home because the figure carries his belongings before signs that provide no clear direction. About the ArtistOluwafemi Akanmu Oluwafemi Akanmu is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: painting. Based in Ibadan, NG. Nationality: Nigerian Through my art, I intentionally highlight the richness of African culture and its enduring beauty, with particular emphasis on the dignity and...
