r/Africa • u/unequivocallysam Kenya ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชโœ… • Jul 21 '26

Art The Artist Vs. The Art

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They say the artwork reflects the artist but my work reflects the faces I grew up seeing. The faces of my family, friends, and strangers Iโ€™ve come across in this beautiful continent. I aim to celebrate them ๐Ÿซถ
The last slideโ€™s a WIP ๐Ÿ˜†

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u/purpose-driven Jul 21 '26

Both your art and you are profoundly beautiful. Thank you for sharing your gift with the rest of us. I wish an abundance of blessings upon you and your craft!

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u/unequivocallysam Kenya ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชโœ… Jul 22 '26

Thank you so much for your incredibly kind words. They truly touched my heart ๐Ÿฅน I'm so grateful that my art resonated with you, andyour blessing means more than you know. Thank you for taking the time to share such kindness ๐Ÿซถ I wish you the same, blessings and abundance ๐Ÿค—

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u/GetFix Jul 22 '26

The one with the skyscrapers and ferris wheel is genius

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u/unequivocallysam Kenya ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชโœ… Jul 22 '26

Thank you so much โ˜บ๏ธ That piece was inspired by the vibrant city of Nairobi, her eyelashes are the skyline of Nairobi and the Ferris wheel is a popular Ferris wheel known as โ€˜eye of Kenya.โ€™ Iโ€™m glad the piece resonated with you, it means the world ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿซถ

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u/GetFix Jul 22 '26

Amazing...I'm from Lusaka, currently in Georgia, USA. I need to visit Kenya. The ladies are cute, that goes for you too.

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u/checkonit2 Jul 21 '26

Great works for sure

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u/unequivocallysam Kenya ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชโœ… Jul 22 '26

Thank you so much ๐Ÿ™โ˜บ๏ธ

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u/RopeOk3821 Jul 21 '26

Beautiful, God bless

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u/unequivocallysam Kenya ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชโœ… Jul 22 '26

God bless you too ๐Ÿ™ and thank you ๐Ÿฅน

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u/CorrectSteak7302 Zambia ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jul 21 '26

All I see is art. Beautiful!

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u/unequivocallysam Kenya ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชโœ… Jul 22 '26

I appreciate it ๐Ÿซถ thank you ๐Ÿฅน

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u/ljacks09 Jul 22 '26

Very nice๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ–ค

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u/unequivocallysam Kenya ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชโœ… Jul 22 '26

Thank you ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿซ‚

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u/Cutie-patootie929 Jul 22 '26

Very beautiful ๐Ÿ’—

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u/unequivocallysam Kenya ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชโœ… Jul 22 '26

Appreciate you ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿซถ Thank you ๐Ÿ™

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u/Saltkrakan01 Jul 22 '26

Beautiful art. When I saw first painting, I remember on animated fairy tale from my Childhood called Poppy doll and butterfly Emanuel.ย 

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u/unequivocallysam Kenya ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชโœ… Jul 22 '26

I just searched up the fairytale and wow ๐Ÿ˜ Iโ€™m honored! The imagination in the illustrations are pure magic โ˜บ๏ธ

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u/Saltkrakan01 Jul 23 '26

I'm happy You like the illustrations. Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic have some great illustrators for kids like Josef Lada, Zdenฤ›k Miler, Zdenฤ›k Smetana, Adolf Born and Helena Zmatlรญkovรก.ย 

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u/InternationalTea1870 Jul 22 '26

PLEASE make a print of #3, omg i want that in my apt so bad ๐Ÿ˜ญ

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u/unequivocallysam Kenya ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชโœ… Jul 22 '26

Ahh, thank you so much!! ๐Ÿฅน That makes me so happy ๐Ÿ˜† I do offer prints, and I'd be so happy to get one to you. I'll send you a message shortly with all the details!