AGERE CONTRA” is a Latin word meaning “Act Against”; We can be attached to patterns of behavior that seemingly make us feel safer, be they our insecurities,doubts, or unwillingness to be pulled out of our comfort zones. They prevent us from living our lives fully and prevent us from discussing our full potentials. Agere Contra helps us to confront those things that hold us back from such freedom; better yet, it helps us discover our full potentials. 

AGERE CONTRA

She appears present, yet she can't help but wonder how is it that she can bear fruit. Still in her dreams, she is deeply rooted.

Daughter of the Other Woman 🍎

This is a traditional ethnic pattern commonly used on clip-on earrings which were popularly worn as a symbol in the olden days to differentiate Southern African tribes. They are also known as 'amacici' (earrings) and come in all sorts of patterns and colours.

Iziqhaza (Ethnic Token)

The seer is a collection of my portrait and abstract art style. More of this will be dropping soon 

The seer 

A vector illustration of the famous West African wodaabe native.

Wodaabe 

Everyone wears a mask... Either to hide their personality or to change the personality So what reason do you have to wear a mask

One Personality

Fathers’s Day Art Series Piece 6.
A father can either be a man in a parental relationship with a child or a title of leadership position used in referencing clergies, mentors, religious leaders, sponsors, etc. 
A man who has assumed the position of a father, experiencing the path of fatherhood in his human experience, and taking on the challenges that come with this position and role should be duly celebrated. 
This work shows the cycle of a man's journey through fatherhood. 

The Father, The man

IF SHOWS THE JOURNEY WE AS HUMANS GO THROUGH IN FINDING OUR PURPOSE

SELF REALIZATION

This is an original ballpoint pen drawing on fine art paper. The work was a revelation of the true meaning of science to be signs, representation using constellation and  symbols. This art makes emphasis on the influence contribution of science to the contemporary world. 
Creating this piece was a reoccurring curring voice in my head telling me “The vine is Divine” Divinity connect and realizes science.

Science

Prayer against Covid

Split Personality

Broken Personality

Warped Personality

Dark Personality

Ignorant Personality

Twisted Personality

Balanced Personality

Diamond On The Ring

Johannesburg 

Dream

This is an original ballpoint pen drawing of the famous painting by Leornado da Vinci, done with two pens a black and a blue pen. Is inspired by a modern woman being represented by “Monalisa” having two sides, the blue pen symbolizing positive and the black symbolizing negative. The art is a contemporary recreation of the Monalisa painting.

Monalisa

Imagination 

Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.

Figure #1

But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.

Figure #2

Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.

Figure #3

If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.

Figure #4

I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.

FIgure #5

Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.

Figure #6

An original ballpoint pen drawing done and signed in front by the artist. We are all dreamers, we live in this world and aspire for great heights in our struggles and endeavors. This piece resonates with me so much, I developed the idea in the catholic home where I’m currently lodged for my Youth service. I’m a dreamer and only my dreams can rescue me in the cold war(world) “On this flight, I pray I never loose sight” The only time we can visualize better is with our eyes closed as only then we really see the wealth inside us. The wealth inside is represented by the crown above my subject’s head and I choose the yellow color as “YELLOW” symbolizes richness and wealth. The circular ring round the head is the gene and It symbolizes the greatness that runs deep in our genetics

Dreamer

The infinite Switchboard facilities time/space travel, are dreams and nightmares elements that exist on the edge of time and space¿

Infinite Switchboard 

The thoughts we allow to hover and cloud our mind, ideas, thoughts, feelings, and emotions begins gradually to blur our vision to what we see and thereafter limit the sight of what we see. What do we hear amidst the chaos? Do we pay attention to the echoes from the broken world or search within our soul to follow our intuitions. What then do we have in conformity or convictions?. The muse in the visuals of this artwork represents the character in the artist and is symbolic to his lifestyle with metaphors and criticism. This piece is inspired by a piece from the artist’s collection “Freedom not free” ‘Hunters angels and demons’ and listed as NFT. Created with a ballpoint pen and ink on paper

Fences

THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF WOMEN IN AFRICA WITH THEIR AFRICAN TRADITIONAL ATIRE IN MOTION

WARRI WOMEN ON SUNDAY

The Blue Mask is a symbolic art of an African celebratory instrument that fall under the goli mask mostly created by the baule people from lvory coast which are composed of elements of different animal spirit.

 The Blue Mask focus on the monkey spirit which is known to relate with playfulness, fun, joy, intelligence and wisdom.

In essence the blue mask is a symbolic  mask created with the monkey spirit  towards celebrating Africa or any African celebration.

THE BLUE MASK

The piece Inscribe is a symbolic art that focus on story telling of the African heritage and history which has been going on for centuries through the skill of body art in respect to celebrating Africa. 

The piece incorporates the African symbols with pattern from Nigeria by the Yoruba renowned artist Laolu Senbajo and a little of the Adinkra Symbols from Ghana. Displaying the African expression a proud African and the African heritage.



INSCRIBE

A symbolic art piece dedicated to celebrating Africa and it’s history.

The worldwide collection of black communities descended from native Africans or people from Africa , predominantly in the Americas.Which is mostly due to the descendants of the west  and Central Africans who where enslaved and shipped to Americas via the Atlantic slave trade  between the 16th and 19th centuries and due to North Africans who immigrated to order part of the world .So it is important to remember and celebrate this part of history because through their adversity ,with the strength of perseverance they broke free from their captors and colonial masters.

The portrait of of the model Nyadak Duckie is use as an embodiment of Africa.
Which portrays African tribe, beliefs, achievement ,black identity and the expression of celebrating Africa through patterns & symbols. 

The symbols on the piece are African symbols  from Ghana named Adinkra.
The Strength, freedom and unity in diversity are the three  symbols hovering on the portrait, which are the distinct features of Africa from my artistic view ,being the strength to break free to independence ,the courage and cooperation to exist in harmony despite the differences.
Which shows that despite all the difference in tribes ,culture,religion and ethnic groups the Africans can still  live in harmony and  a known fact that they have been some struggles but at the end of the day we are still one Africans when it counts most.



BLACK ETHOS

The piece
“Life is all about how we see things “
Defines and captures the different point of view of the masses .
Showing that in life we all have a different perspective on how we view things,but that doesn’t mean we can’t see things from the same point of view, it just means we are all uniquely created and as such we see things in a different light.

LIFE  IS  ALL   ABOUT  HOW  WE  SEE  THINGS

A depiction of the emotional state of heightened elation, a result of the things that uniquely triggers it, in the case of the character, candy, a teddy bear, and money in the form of crypto currencies.

Euphoria

This is a bicycle that was left behind in an uncompleted building

Left Behind 1

Untitled.  A mixed media art on mental health and communication.

Untitled 

"Untitled"

Pencil drawing of an African lady. Black is beautiful. Rich in culture and heritage.

Black Identity 

This is a picture of two twins in Africa Nigeria  mom identical tho

Young African girl twins

orange

My works reveal the impacts of scientific and technological advancements on the human condition, including the augmentation of our physical bodies, human sensory reception, emotive ability, and our cognitive capacity.

Neo-human 77

Neo-human 80

Neo-human  91

Neo-human

God's children are made in His image...in all shapes and sizes. 

God's Child

A child of God. We are made in His image and used for His purpose. 

A Child of God

This artworks centers on man and nature. It depict how much we are at peace at nature, if all things being equal. That man should learn to reduce activities that destroys the ecosystem.  Equally nature will serve us better in a conducive, peaceful environment. "At Sunrise" captures a man in a pool of water enjoying the open air and its serenity. It brings to our notice the importance of having a habitable environment for our leisure

At Sunrise

Portrait drawing of a young African lady with a flower motif as background .
She is wearing blouse with a plaited hair

Glow

This drawing is a pencil sketch of a young lad in struggle with his own identity . He seeks for freedom from young age. And that freedom lies in discovering himself and finding out his place in the society. He is being caged with the thoughts of what others think and others’ bad views of him.

Prime lawlessness 

Pencil drawing on paper. This code simply says be safe. 

Reflection

Pencil drawing of an African lady,  telling her story of courage and  grace. And this part of her is her beauty. 

Alluring black

A drawing of a young boy, who is confused about tomorrow. This piece encourages the young to look at the beautiful things around and within, embrace with consistency; then the answer to the puzzle would be answered.

Puzzle

this is the first step of mental liberation

children of the sun

Uniben girls abstract

The Definition of human nature through art

Art of Controversies : Drop of Faith

Art of Controversies : Future Love

Art of Controversies : Helping Hand

Art of Controversies : Motherly Love

Art of Controversies : Self Doubt

Art of Controversies : The Birth of Music

BEAUTY" while we could spend the entire time talking about the natural beauty of Africa, there is nothing more beautiful about a place than its people. Unlike the popular belief " not all people in Africa share the same language or culture, Africa is home to thousands of tongues and different cultures down to all the unrest and corruption echoing in the lands trying to tear us apart. The art piece still shows unity as the birds are still living together on the sames branches with the same roots, looking into the beauty of one another is What keeps us going, surviving every day to day challenges.


Nature’s Beauty 

it is very unfortunate that what we call blessing has turned into a cures the miss management of resources in Rivers state Nigeria causing a lot of damages. It's now a threat to our lives, a poison in our rivers and local streams killing the inhabitants of the sea, rendering the tradition of the rivers men fishing business useless, escalating from the river into our only farmlands killing the soil and every plant on it our coconut no longer brings out sweet waters. giving birth to high rates of hunger and crimes. The air we breath has been polluted shortening our lives span with sickness Nigeria is the largest oil and gas producer in the Africa from 2010 and to 2019 the country earned more than 400 billion dollars from just oil and gas, it is estimated that more than 380 billion dollars have been stolen or wasted in this way since independence we explore the popular phenomenon known as "resource curse" and why its impact on Nigeria made oil discovery an absolute curse rather a blessing.

Resource curse 

The piece talks about the people of rivers state Nigeria, their great love for sea food The culture is built around the sea down to the colours and creatures of the beautiful sea. The painting is a surrealistic image of a girl surrounded with golden fishes floating around her face depicting the love.

Sea love

My focus on this art piece is expressing the current reality that we Youth are faced with. The society demands so much from us and this has caused so much pressure. the government has failed to provide stable employment and improve the quality of life, time is ticking, once it's lost, we can't get it back. In the strive to excel, we multitask ourselves, acquiring knowledge and skills in other to keep our breath. we try as much as possible to keep up with time  which is our greatest fear. I have come to understand that realities are inevitable, if we stop believing them they do not go away, they are to be experienced and we young Africans are experiencing ours

reality

This art piece tries to create awareness on Thallassemia  by representing the cell of the disease with a thallasemia patient

Thalassemia

Lagos Cruise just represents nigerians in Nigeriaand how we commute daily on one of the most iconic bridge in Lagos (Lekki Ikoyi Link- Bridge)

LAGOS CRUISE

Looking on the bright side should be our mindset towards every situation we are going through and we shouldn't allow that situation to blind us to see other beautiful things in our lives.

Hope

Soul Art defined from the inspirations of those around

Soul Art : Beautiful

Soul Art : Chained

Soul Art : Cold Hearted

Soul Art : Despair

Soul Art : Drowning

This How I pay my debts How I send all them letters To my son upstate I’m retired now I’m still teaching how to count At peace, in my time I was a teacher I Married young and reckless Sometimes they listen

The CandyLady

I don’t look for change A dragonfly kissed my face I’m blessed without it Ain't no drug got me Bodies bleeding in my hands They aint never left We don’t know anymore Than the TV yelling FIGHT Can’t do that no more Sometimes a bottle Lets me talk to my daughter She here, in whispers The night covers me I can talk to the moon man I side step with ghosts

The Watcher

If you make it there Pass on to black transcendence Remember my loss I took the anger Shoveled grit into your guts I made you Black gods My love is fire Lame hands remind me what was Youth shows me what could

The Coach

Jamaican father Backyard spill out to the street A real conjure man Music his magic I have the formula now Listen to their breaths Speakers face the sun I’ll create a world for you Your liberator

The DJ

Weighed the pros and cons I put on the uniform This fit, fit better It will always be Somebody on a soap box babies can’t eat words I fell into it I provide a service too Don’t I ease the pain I ain’t no different Than your doctors selling lies The city been high

The Dope Boy

We watched McDuy The city burned, screamed, wailed Our father’s died too I stand in between Cold seats and funeral songs A mother’s relief We meet at pastime Hot coffee and politics Summer is coming

The Good Cop

Free your mind and your ass will follow and your ass will follow your ass We have seen protest Black folks shaking fists at sky We could not leave work We have made the boots Never intended for you Gave you wings, fly over We know brick and blear We gashed legs jumping fences fought through glass ceilings You can save your child Free You then free them, free us This how we get free

The Joneses

Hearts are dependent Thirsty mouths call out for rain Who will lead them through The weight of this work I have been charged with tending To a flock dying Raised by nightwalkers I know the sound of damage I was born in a cathouse This is what I built Obedient to his will My cross is heavy

The Reverend

One of the greatest guys the world has ever known. The one, the only, often imitated, never duplicated.....

Xavier

My art variant of Black Panther as an Egyptian Pharaoh....
A one of a kind art work that i haven't sold anywhere....

Black Panther Variant

SpongeBob 2099 is a my sole creation that has not been minted anywhere.... A description of what spongebob will be if he had powers in a futuristic environment

AGERE CONTRA

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