The Mwila Mother - Wall Canvas
$120
A Mwila mother holds her daughter close. The two of them stand in an ocean that ripples gently around their feet, planets drifting through the warm air like blessings let loose. There is no urgency between them, only the softness of being known. Above the child's small hand, a planet blooms open like a flower. Its blue oceans are wrapped in soft swirling clouds, and at its heart Africa glows in deep red and orange, alive and unfolding. This is the quiet truth of motherhood, that the world is passed down in moments like this, hand to hand, breath to breath. To love a child this way is to plant Africa again, in every generation that follows.
Painted in 2019