Abifola Olorunlana
Scholar in Crimson2023
Oil on canvas
Dimensions on request
A formal portrait in academic regalia—deep crimson gown, gold accents, and cap—set against a green field, distant trees, and a warm sky. Brushwork emphasizes texture in fabric and skin while the composition centers achievement and quiet resolve.
$5,000.00
About the artist
FAMILY PORTRAITS — Works from the Family Portraits series.
As an artist who is an orphan, I am deeply concerned about family, its importance and what it feels and felt like to have one. Both of my parents had passed when I was 20 years old; as a young adult, I was not sure how to deal with the emotions. As I grew older, I decided to go through family photographs just as a way of reliving the moments, trying to understand the times in those pictures and what they must have felt like.
Aside from expressing my figures in the physical identity of where I am from—a dark-skinned African race—in this body of work my subjects in a dark reddish-brown skin tone is intended to evoke a nostalgic feeling in the mind of my viewers.