Drawing from the visual languages of the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania, the Ndebele of South Africa, and the Akan of Ghana and Ivory Coast, Odum brings multiple African traditions into a single, composite presence. Elements of adornment, hairstyle, and form speak to strength, lineage, and cultural continuity — not as separate inheritances but as one unified identity, rooted and expansive at once. Named after the Twi word for “oak,” Odum speaks to resilience, stability, and enduring memory, like the surface it rests on.
This work is created on natural tree bark with live edges, intentionally preserved to evoke the feeling of an heirloom—an object shaped by time, carrying history, memory, and permanence beyond the image itself.
(Oil on live tree bark - walnut basswood)
All paintings are signed, and include a Certificate of Authenticity.
Odum
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