Her First Love, 2026
Painting : mixed media · 101 x 101 x 3 cm 39.8 x 39.8 x 1.2 inch
$3,187
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Painting : Unique artwork
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101 x 101 x 3 cm 39.8 x 39.8 x 1.2 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Her First Love is a mixed media work on canvas exploring the foundational bond between father and daughter. The composition centers on a father holding his daughter's hand within a circular frame outlined with hand-stitched cowries and beads. The background outside the circle is dark purple, forming a sacred boundary that isolates and elevates the moment into an intimate, symbolic space.
Inside the circle, layered profile heads of women in varying sizes, shapes, and tones represent different stages of a girl's life, forming a visual continuum of growth, identity, and becoming. In the foreground, the joined hands of father and daughter express trust, protection, and emotional grounding at the earliest stage of life.
Cowries and beads on the father's wrist are hand-stitched, symbolizing love, sacredness, family, and the sanctity of life. The work reflects the father as the child's first emotional reference for love, shaping her understanding of care, security, and future relationships.
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Martha Ada Okechukwu is a Nigerian visual artist whose practice explores Black identity, lineage, family, relationships, and human connection through contemporary figurative painting. Working primarily in mixed media, she combines acrylic with tactile elements such as beads and cowries to create richly textured surfaces that bridge painting and object.
Her work centers on the spiritual, cultural, and emotional presence of her subjects, often depicting figures with deep black skin tones illuminated by vibrant accents of color, and engaging themes of womanhood, childhood, and generational continuity. Drawing from Igbo heritage and broader African traditions, her compositions reflect themes of identity, resilience, ancestry, and sacred embodiment.
Martha's practice seeks to honor the visibility and inner life of African figures, positioning them as carriers of memory, relationship, and cultural continuity.
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