Beneath The Surface III by Tayo Explore Mondoir Studio Medium: Oil and acrylics Dimensions: 150 x 160 cm Year: 2026 Status: available A monochrome face emerges from an open field of geometric outlines, brushed marks and unfinished drawing. The contrast between the highly modelled eye and the sketched eye makes perception itself the subject. Ogunsola presents identity as something constructed in real time - observed, revised and never fully resolved. The empty spaces carry as much psychological weight as the painted features. Why collect this work?One eye is densely modelled while the other remains a spare contour, making unequal degrees of visibility the organising tension in this fractured portrait. Ogunsola’s statement frames identity as repeatedly rebuilt rather than fixed. In this work, that intention is supported by abrupt shifts between facial detail, open ground, geometric outlines and broad marks.In the supplied photograph, angular white and beige bands cross the head and shoulders. The face remains recognisable, but its interrupted edges prevent the likeness from appearing complete or settled.Catalogued as oil and acrylic, the painting combines close tonal modelling with flat linear passages and forceful brushwork. The documented media make such varied handling possible, though the photograph does not establish which paint produced each effect.At 150 by 160 cm, the work turns portrait recognition into a problem of selection: an isolated gaze holds the image together while omission and displacement test how little visual information a face needs to remain present. About the ArtistTayo Tayo is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: painting. Based in Ufa, RU. Nationality: Nigerian My paintings begin with the face and the body, but I am less interested in likeness than in what pressure reveals.
