Details:

A figure study in cool shades of blue, purple and green composed of simplified forms emphasizing relationships between color and shape.
Framed: 15.6 x 13.1 x 1.4 in.
Signed

① Artwork:

Midnight Jaunt

This watercolor is a figure study in cool shades of blue, purple and green. This small-scale composition is composed of simplified forms that emphasize relationships between color and shape. While the artist often works on paper to create studies for large-scale oil canvas paintings, this watercolor and ink image is fully realized in its vibrant immediacy and compositional fluidity. This work is part of a series that loosely portrays pairs of androgynous figures dancing afloat in fields of patterned color.

Specs:

11 inches
13.5 inches
with frame
13.1 inches
15.6 inches
1.4 inches
15.6 inches

③ Artist:

Tunji Adeniyi-Jones

Tunji Adeniyi-Jones creates bold oil paintings where androgynous figures and animals, stand-ins for ancestors and deities, dance in richly patterned floral backgrounds. His works grapple with the ancient history of West Africa and its mythology through a diasporic lens, creating a space where multiple identities bloom.

Tunji Adeniyi-Jones:
Midnight Jaunt, 2021
Watercolor and ink on paper
13.5 × 11.0 inches /
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones:
Midnight Jaunt, 2021
Watercolor and ink on paper
13.5 × 11.0 inches /