The Stories I Tell Myself by Yeside Linney
£1,750.00
Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas
60 x 60cm
Yeside Linney is a Nigerian born but English educated artist who took up art after retiring from a career in education. She has won multiple awards for her art through which she explores her lost Nigerian heritage, combining it with her love of the Surrey Hills countryside where she lives. Her art has also featured at events at the TUC, Chatham House and Cambridge University.and Hastings Museum have a work in their Collection.
Storytelling is a huge part of my practice as I decolonise my past through learning more about my heritage and increased cultural consciousness. Here, the image reflects quiet contemplative moments of solitude when those conversations have the most clarity; hence the oil-painted figure, melting into the nurturing foliage.
This piece is being exhibited in our Well Hung Painting Prize exhibition. We will dispatch all online orders after the exhibition closes on 22 August.
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