I sculpt objects and paintings to investigate the role spirituality plays in everyday thought and life. 

As with the practice of verbal storytelling from my Ghanaian roots, I am interested in documenting these ideas into visual forms and investigating how history is translated through generations. The work becomes object forms of traditional storytelling used in speaking folklores, elements and myths. I am influenced by human interaction with elements (air, water, fire, and sand) and I use art to illustrate nonphysical ideas about the world and the cosmos, extended from our view. I am interested in the connections that lie between these forces. The work becomes an ecosystem of moments in time from an aerial view.

In the current body of work, I explore the use of spiritual objects and the connections with these objects which serve as points of energy exchange. The work contains motifs such as jute twine spun in a spiral shape which symbolizes the “Adinkrahene” (English translation- “the King of the Adinkra symbols”) that stands for gateways, authority, and royalty. The Adinkra symbols serve as a concise way to convey deep truths of the spiritual realm in visual form. Another way the twine is used is, it is woven by hand to the canvas and allowed to flow to the ground to symbolize human connections to otherworldly environments and worlds beyond Earth. This exploration is to provide its viewers evidence of the immaterial and elevate their consciousness thereafter.

Through the use of texture and an exploration of various materials, I depict movement, change and transformation within the work. In this depiction, I manipulate and apply color through gestural mark making with hands and expressive bodily movements to mimic the fluidity and advancement of time. My work is theoretical and physical, and it develops through replication, labor and an affinity with materials. The work continues to transform with time even after it is completed.

I work with acrylic paint mixed with collected natural materials (jute twine, beach sand, shells, coral reef rocks, sea salt, ocean water) from different parts of the world, clay and man-made materials (polythene, styrofoam and glass) to create paintings and sculptures based on identifiable shapes. The paint mixed with these materials wrap and cover the canvas, creating textural effects that celebrate encounters with color and the organic. My work takes advantage of the performative nature of materials and their ability to be molded and crafted to create new forms and structures.