Glo 2 Sisters

Title: Two Sisters on a Water Planet
Medium: Mixed media on canvas (digital painting with hand-applied paint and beadwork)
Size: 50x 50 inches

The work tells the story of two sisters preparing for a celebration on a distant water planet. They are adorned in bioluminescent garments flowing, glowing forms that feel both liquid and alive blending beauty with tension through elements of softness, heat, and subtle rupture.

This piece was created in 2017, before the rise of AI-generated imagery. It is a fully hand-made digital painting, later printed on canvas and enhanced with physical materials including paint and beadwork.

The visual inspiration draws from Fulani women of West Africa, particularly regions spanning Mali, Senegal, Guinea, and Nigeria, known for their elegance, adornment traditions, and deep cultural presence. These influences are reimagined through a futuristic, aquatic lens.

The composition is inspired by the perspective of deep-sea photography, echoing the quiet intensity and drifting presence seen in the work of critically acclaimed underwater and marine photographers. The figures move like angler fish luminous, mysterious, and suspended in a vast, fluid world.

This piece exists between worlds: ancestral and futuristic, earthly and otherworldly. It reflects themes of sisterhood, transformation, and adornment as power.