u/unequivocallysam

To be honest, I never realized I had an art style until a friend said she could recognize my work from a mile away, what do you think ties them together 🤔

The feeling of peace and finding your tribe ☺️

Painted this then made it into a print ☺️ It adds so much warmth to my home 🫶

This is a print of the original artwork which is bigger in size. I call her the red queen and the medium used was acrylic and pen on paper 😆
A piece I will always treasure ❤️

I love painting my people! This is still a work in progress but the Reddit community has been so lovely with receiving my art that I was too excited to share 🤗 I can’t wait to share the full thing once it’s done

Posting to find my community 🫶

Posting this to find my community 🫶

I’m working on a painting series called, “Fruits”, a series inspired by the fruits of the Holy Spirit. This piece represents patience. What do you think of her so far?

Title: Beauty from ashes
Inspired by the Bible verse Isaiah 61:3 “
... to bestow on them a crown of beauty from ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.”
This painting speaks to you who has been burnt but rose from ashes for God restores what was lost and bestows your crown. Don’t ever feel like your beyond help setting the flames to your own demise, you’re seen, you are loved and we reclaim the ashes to make something beautiful 🫶

Medium: Acrylic and copper foil on cotton

Carrying my culture forward.
One of my fondest memories was when I’d travel upcountry to visit my grandparents. We’d stay at my grandmas place, a quaint mud house with two rooms, the sitting room, and the room where we all slept. We were never indoors, always outside, playing, or helping fan the flames of the fire with a metal pipe that we’d blow into. The kitchen was a small hut placed outside of the main home and the place had no windows, only an entrance large enough for smoke to escape. It was dark inside but warm, and as the air got thicker with smoke, the light of the fire reflected on my grandmother’s skin drawing my eyes to her ears that dangled along with each movement.
Then, I didn’t understand but it was oddly beautiful to see how long her ear was, or how, sometimes she would roll the bottom of her ear to resemble an earring.

She passed away many years back, but her culture will live on through my art 🫶

This one’s for you Batiem (grandmother in Kipsigis)

Painted this and thought it would a great cover!

Where would you put this in your home?

Selling prints of this original painting, prices go from $30 -$120 depending on the size and if you want custom sizing, quote will be on request 🤗

The painting is titled,”it’s all about confidence,” sometimes it’s nice to get a little reminder 🫶

Inspired by the vibrant city, the painting is titled Nairobi, for she wears the different colours of the eye of Kenya which change at night. She carries the skyline of the city on her lashes, and she represents the balance between nature and development. I painted her hair to look like my little sisters so that when she looks at the canvas she can be proud.

You can touch my hair is a painting about family and trust. This painting speaks to the intimate bond of family, especially through the experience of hair care. Growing up as a Black girl, letting someone close to you touch and care for your hair--whether it’s taking down braids, oiling your scalp, or simply maintaining your style--was a deeply personal, trust-filled act. This is a painting that expresses an open body language, an invitation displaying trust 🫶

Dimensions: 72 cm width x 110 cm height
The Governor reflects on the idea of stewardship as an inward practice—governance of the self rather than of land or others.
Echoing the spirit of Genesis 1:28

What good is it for a man to gain the world but lose his soul?
What good is it when you reach the epitome of success but cannot share the wealth with others?
What good is it when you possess so much, yet cannot use it? In the end, you are reduced because your soul will beg for more meaning.

Dimensions: 150 cm width x 200 cm height

Beggar Unfinished represents having a wealth of material objects yet lacking what's truly important.

What good is it for a man to gain the world but lose his soul?
What good is it when you reach the epitome of success but cannot share the wealth with others?
What good is it when you possess so much, yet cannot use it? In the end, you are reduced because your soul will beg for more meaning.

Dimensions: 150 cm width x 200 cm height
Beggar Unfinished represents having a wealth of material objects yet lacking what’s truly important.

I’ll be so sad once she finds a home but I know she’s meant for someone else… A little about this piece, 'The Governor' reflects on the idea of stewardship as an inward practice, the governance of the self rather than of land or others.

Echoing the spirit of Genesis 1:28, the work reframes stewardship as responsibility for one's internal landscape. Self-governance is not about perfection, but about attentiveness, repair, and conscious tending of what lives within. The Governor is a person who has learned how to let their emotions move without drowning in them 🫶