AYODraws

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Equilibrium, 2025
Radiates control and confidence

Pastels on Paper

Pastels and Charcoal on Snowdon Paper

This piece captures a fleeting moment of reflection - a quiet gesture of hope amidst the rhythm of labour.

The crossed fingers, layered in blues and yellows, symbolises the dualities of calm and energy, patience and persistence.

Here my hands as the artist become both subject and storyteller; a testament to the space between creation and becoming, where faith and work coexist in harmony.

Sometimes the hardest part of creating or living is the pause. That moment where you’ve done your part, and now it’s time to hope, breathe, and trust.
This piece came from that exact space in mily mind.

What's something you're waiting on but still believing for?

I’ve had these series of drawings in my heart for a while.

I had this idea that I wanted to create these really larger than usual expressive hand drawings, combining different colours and hands as inspiration.

It was important for me to push the envelope and challenge myself and add more elements, expressions, in order to achieve the goals I’ve set for these series of drawings.

The series aims to ground my work in the symbolism of hands as instruments of creation and labor, while using color harmonics as emotional and narrative language. It not only ties my art to my personal story but also gives my entire body of work a recognizable visual philosophy

I'd say this is one of the most challenging art pieces I've ever created!

A pure sense of introspection, renewal of the mind and thought. A breath of fresh air, a visual representation of freshly cleansed body and soul!

How does this piece connect with you?