Lives end and lives are saved. These are not the girls and women kidnapped a year ago but they have been freed from Boko Haram by Nigerian troops. And the world ignores it.
In this time of puritanical censorship, in this time of perceived gender roles and archaic ideals,
my painting of the both masculine and unfailingly gentle Obi Debo stands a testimony to the idea that we can be whatever we chose to be, and hopefully it includes our true nature. . .
We CAN be pink, we CAN be hairy and bearded, we CAN and will be decked in bacon.