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Original painting in brown aciduro watercolour washes on canvas, signed by hand. Ships rolled in a tube.
7 x 10 inches (portrait), approximately 18 x 25cm, as given by the artist
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You are buying the original signed painting, not a print, and there is one. Photo 1 shows the whole painting, photo 2 is a close detail of her head, and photo 3 shows the canvas on the studio floor with its raw margin. The artist ships it rolled in a tube and unframed, so message the seller before ordering if you need it to arrive ready to hang. Colours can look slightly different on screen.
In Ghana's busy markets, kayayoo are the head porters who carry traders' and shoppers' goods on their heads, and their day starts early. The artist paints one of them in the pause before work, with a calabash of porridge as the simple breakfast that gives her strength for the hours ahead.
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An original sepia painting of a Ghanaian market head porter, a kayayoo, eating her breakfast from a calabash. The artist titles it The Kayayoo's Morning, A Calabash of Strength. She sits bent over the calabash before her working day begins, eyes lowered, in a close fitting cap tied at the back and a large round earring, drawn in a few dark, confident lines over washes of rust and amber with soft grey brushwork behind her. The moment is a quiet one, the pause before a long day of carrying goods through the market, and the artist means it as a tribute to the women whose hard work keeps the markets moving. The artist lists the medium as aciduro watercolour on canvas. At 7 by 10 inches it suits a desk, a shelf or a gallery wall of small pieces, and its warm browns sit easily with most rooms. It is one of a kind, not a print, signed LEXIS 2014 in the lower left corner. Painted by hand in Ghana. Keep it out of direct sunlight and away from damp.
Alex Mensah | Contemporary African Artist 🎨 Original paintings inspired by African life 📍Accra, Ghana 🌍 Worldwide shipping 🖼 Originals and prints upon request , available for commissioned works
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