What Used To Be Home by Oluwasayo Olaore Explore Mondoir Studio Medium: Acrylic on canvas Dimensions: 20 x 12 in Year: 2024 Price: $1000.00 USD Status: available A depiction of how the determination of the boy child to make a living for himself propels him to leave home (his comfort zone) but forgetting the conducts of the home. Now, as young as he is, he has experienced alot that when he remembered home, it is not the way he envisioned. With be bed of roses leading to the 'home' serving as a testament to the goodies at home, he's still filled with the dilemma of either going to the hustle and bustle or coming back home. Why collect this work?A dark vertical division separates the close figure from a small, distant house, turning the flower-filled ground between them into an image of home as both promise and obstacle. Olaore describes his practice as an inquiry into emotion, generational ties, and cultural legacy. Here, that concern is concentrated in one figure’s uncertain relation to home rather than established through biography.In the photograph, the cropped figure dominates the left side while the house recedes at upper right. Angular marks fragment the face, contrasting with the spreading red flowers and making distance legible as an internal conflict.The documented acrylic on canvas permits sharp linear accents alongside broader, layered passages of red and brown. These shifts distinguish the figure’s articulated features from the less stable field surrounding the house.The catalogue description frames departure as a search for livelihood and the flowers as remembered comforts. Encountering the painting allows that account to be tested against a composition where the route home appears abundant, divided, and difficult to cross. About the ArtistOluwasayo Olaore Oluwasayo Olaore is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: painting. Based in Lagos, NG. Nationality: Nigerian Oluwasayo Olaore
