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Fascinator (12), 2026
Kolawole Samson Oluwadare  

Painting : oil, acrylic · 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch · Ready to hang

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Painting : Unique artwork

Condition

Artwork sold in perfect condition, framed, ready to hang

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Dimensions ( cm • inch )

61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch Height x Width x Depth

Artwork dimensions including frame

66 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm 26 x 20 x 1 inch

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Description

A powerful gaze meets the viewer in this captivating painting. The composition centers on a woman of deep, luminous skin tones. Her expression remains serene yet melancholic. A single tear traces a path down each cheek. This subtle detail adds a layer of profound human emotion to the piece.
She wears a monumental headpiece shaped like a butterfly. The wings wrap around her silhouette in a protective embrace. Vibrant yellow hues contrast sharply with bold black veins. This organic pattern creates a rhythmic flow across the canvas. The colors evoke a sense of warmth and vitality against a soft blue backdrop.
The artist blends realistic portraiture with symbolic surrealism. The butterfly serves as a metaphor for transformation and fragility. Light dances across the contours of the face with expert precision. Every brushstroke emphasizes the harmony between the human form and the natural world. The artwork balances strength and vulnerability through its structured symmetry and rich palette. A soft yellow garment completes the tonal unity of the scene.

Portrait

Hat

Women

Butterflies

Yellow

Kolawole Samson Oluwadare, Fascinator (12)
Nigeria  • 1990

Presentation

Born in 1990 Oluwadare Kolawole Samson hails from Ondo state Nigeria, he was born and brought up in the City of Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria. As an artist, he excels in the use of color configuration and the art of transforming the geometric figure of a painting by representing it in the form of a realistic figure. He badged his first tertiary education certificate in Art and industrial design (painting Major) at the Polytechnic Ibadan. From the department of Art, design printing and technology (2012-2017). In 2022 he began one of his largest projects as he documented Nigerian hairstyles in his art.

He explores the unlimited potential of chromatic and tonal scales, visual planes, and volume within a two-dimensional framework. Viewing his dynamic and exuberant works of Art is an exciting kinetic experience. As a color Field painter, Samson loves painting with oil and acrylic Mediums. His palette is innovative and complex. He mixes more than 25 different oil paints to create every color in his painting.

Samson has participated in the ADAPTSA exhibition held at the Polytechnic Ibadan (2017). He also participated in the drum festival exhibition (2018). He currently participated in talentila foundation art competition in India which has over 873 participants and over 53 countries, and he became second in the competition. He is also among the selected artists that participated in ART FOR CAUSE in India.

Oluwadare Kolawole Samson whose artistic name is Olu Samson hails from Ondo State Nigeria, he was born and brought up in the City of Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria. As an artist, he excels in the use of color configuration and the art of transforming geometric figures of a painting by representing it in the form of a realistic figure.

His art shows how hairstyles are seen as an artistic, cultural, material, and social process, forming part of the unfolding African postcolonial modernity.

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