African masks have been a great inspiration for me. I see them a lot - from artisans carving them at the side of the road to huge art exhibitions.
The faces I create are my own personal masks. They express the things I feel, consciously and subconsciously.
I love colour and gradients. In this piece, I focused on making different harmonious gradients that contrasted with each other. In the end, the balance between the harmony and contrast made for a very bold and striking piece.
"mmhmmm" is a very bold and sassy piece. The masks I created here seem to know something that I don't, and I've been trying to figure out what they know since I made this piece.
