My Recent Artworks

MY PAINTINGS BY AJISAFE RAPHAEL

Title: My Song 1 Size: 99cm X 42cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Year of Work: 2020. Synopsis: Singing is known to be a natural talent owned by mankind and we all have different songs to sing as we view the work of art. Like a singer used to raise his or her voice with all strength and energy, so also the artist intends to artistically sing his song while aiming at having sets of back-up singers and instrumentalists to contribute to the lyrics of the song. Once all of this people have contributed their quota, there is assurance that the dancers will not waste the melody produced at large to achieve a musical balance at all level irrespective of the kind of music it is.

Title: Total Lockdown Size: 80cm X 40cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Year Of Work: 2020. Synopsis: At a lockdown period, sellers experienced low rate of customers and sales slump due to the pandemic situation of the world. A seller whom has no other means of income than to display her good for the people to buy so she could earn. She crashes by the side of her goods while she waited and gains no customer. The artist intends to capture the mood of everyone during the lockdown time through this art piece. Almost everybody in whole wide world experienced such. Nations and Countries of the world at large are financially down during the period of Corona virus (COVID 19).

Synopsis: ‘’What make a city are the dwellers residing in it’’. This is a stylish painting work made from motifs achieved from lines, showing cuddled human figures like a multitude of crowd to form the body of the pictorial area. A sun is singled out in yellow hue at almost the middle of the canvas symbolizing the beginning of a new dawn.

Synopsis: To laugh is not only a good quality that is medically fit for the body but also quality that attracts favour at many times. Even if your situation is worse and you put on smile and laughter always, things would turn around for good with hope in a short while. That is my aspiration towards the creation of this artwork.

Title: Khemi Size: 50cm X 30cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Year of Work: 2020. Synopsis: This is a portrait of a female figure named ‘Khemi’, she was known to the artist as an icon of laughter. In whatever she is, Khemi is always happy and jovial. She laughs and also counts every situation around her as joy even when things seemed wrong, she always take things with laughter. Her facial smile was captured and becomes a source of inspiration to the artist to be painted.

Title: Mother’s Bond Size: 80cm X 30cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Year of Work: 2020. Synopsis: Mother’s bond is an abstract composition coined out of the passionate care women give to their children, both at birth and till adult stage. Mothers are generally known to give their utmost attention to their children.

Title: Amebo (Gossiper) Size: 60cm X 27cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Year of Work: 2020. Synopsis: The painting is characterized by a female figure with the use of lines as motifs all over the form and background. It is however a common character in Yoruba communities often among the female to sarcastically abuse each other with a clap and smile. This happens many times, even in a serious fight and arguments. Female tends to use this as a medium of expression to convey their anger or expressions.

Title: Dream of Veil Size: 80cm X 30cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Year of Work: 2020. Synopsis: This is a figurative abstracted image expressed using a female-like figure wearing a thin material like a veil on the face. This is what the artist sees in his dream which spurs him up to choose veil as a subject in some of his academic studies. What humans see in dreams are far beyond human comprehension and may not be so easy to explain. In this painting the artist tried to capture and explain as much as possible his personal dreams about veils worn by women. There are so many underlying features that are covered when a veil is applied to human faces, a lot are restricted from the physical sight.

Title: Laughter 2 Size: 75cm X 40cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Year Of Work: 2020. Synopsis: The second face of full laughter captured by the artist where floral motifs were repeated resulting in pattern. As much as laughter is considered as important to the artist, it was placed in the fore and at the right-hand side of the painting. Laughter is a product of inner feelings.

Title: Needed Nap Size: 42cm X 98cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Year Of Work: 2020. Synopsis: A nap could be taken or observed at anywhere and at any time, so far the person is ready to. This is an image of a sleeping man reclining on a bench behind while on a sit. One leg is placed on the space as if he is walking while sleeping while the other leg rests on the floor. OTHER WORKS BY AJISAFE RAPHAEL

Title: Unity Size: 80cm X 30cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Year of Work: 2023. Description: A tree made with the joining together of different hands. This connotes unity as the artist thought. A white circle above the tree symbolises the world we all live in.

Title: Jubilation Size: 25cm X 30cm Medium: Biro on Paper (Drawing) Description: this is the drawing of a footballer captured after scoring a goal, the facial expression is so fascinating to the artist. Year of Work: 2023.

Title: Above the Ocean Size: 80cm X 30cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Year of Work: 2020. Description: A seascape showing the abode of some Lagos state indigenes, they carried out all their daily activities on the ocean come what may.

Title: Freedom Safety Size: 80cm X 30cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Year of Work: 2020. Description: the lives of the people living on the ocean is considered in this painting, thatch houses were stylised using repeated motifs resulting in patterns.

Title: Smile Sideways Size: 80cm X 30cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Year of Work: 2020. Description: this is a female figure captured while smiling and placing a gaze at a sideways with a total joy on her face.

Title: Snap the Snapper Size: 60cm X 30cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Year of Work: 2020. Description: two images were composed in this painting, the cameraman (mal) and the model (female) with an incorporation of motifs and patterns.

Title: In You Size: 60cm X 25cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Year of Work: 2020. Description: A figure pointing to the fore of the painting, inspiring the viewers of a wise word "it's in you"

Title: Untitled Size: 70cm X 28cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Year of Work: 2020. Description: A notable lifestyle of the riverine people is considered in this artwork.

Title: Womanhood Oneness Size: 65cm X 30cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Year of Work: 2020. Description: The Nigerian national colour was introduced to depict the cry of women yarning for unity among women'.

Title: Dance on the Guitar Size: 80cm X 30cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Year of Work: 2020. Description: A guitarist doing his job while some images of female figures were represented around him as if they were coming out of the guitar.

Title: I have Joy 1 Size: 80cm X 30cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Year of Work: 2020. Description: A single image of a boy in a total laughter scene. He tends to display his total commitment to the smile to the extent that he closes his eyes. THANK YOU