Collection 05 · Concept collection
The face you show and the face you feel are rarely the same.
Six Nigerian Gen Z social satires built around the Double-Take Face: two conflicting expressions sharing one head. Public confidence, private irritation, humour, tenderness, and the pressure of being watched occupy the same painted surface.
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Three people hold one conversation and six reactions. Each public face performs certainty while the private face calculates what the message might cost.
Visual direction: acrylic, enamel, charcoal, wax crayon, and oil stick on unprimed canvas.
The materials are visual references for this concept image. These works are not photographs of physical paintings.
She carries the handbag, the extension cable, and both versions of the day. One face remains composed. The other has already done the arithmetic.
Visual direction: acrylic, house paint, charcoal, and oil stick on coarse canvas.
The materials are visual references for this concept image. These works are not photographs of physical paintings.
Two people sit back to back while their private faces keep looking over their shoulders. The phone between them says less than the silence around it.
Visual direction: acrylic wash, charcoal, monotype, torn paper, and oil stick.
The materials are visual references for this concept image. These works are not photographs of physical paintings.
The body is dancing. The second face is checking how the moment is being received. Joy stays real even when the audience follows it into the room.
Visual direction: household enamel, acrylic, charcoal, paint marker, and sand.
The materials are visual references for this concept image. These works are not photographs of physical paintings.
The public faces point away. The private faces have already moved closer. Pride makes the argument louder than the apology.
Visual direction: acrylic impasto, enamel, charcoal dust, sand, and oil stick on coarse jute.
The materials are visual references for this concept image. These works are not photographs of physical paintings.
One person enters carrying a bag and two versions of confidence. Around them, welcome and suspicion share the same heads.
Visual direction: monotype, acrylic, charcoal, paper, and oil stick on unprimed canvas.
The materials are visual references for this concept image. These works are not photographs of physical paintings.
Three works selected for digital edition preparation
No Vex, Outside, Still Online, and Soft Life, Hard Country were selected as the strongest opening set. Each has been prepared in four common print ratios without cropping the complete composition.
Digital art only. Frames and furnishings are not included.
The production files are prepared and held privately. Purchase is not open. Exact prices, rights confirmation, customer terms, provider products, and a real test purchase must still be approved.
Studio status
These six images remain approved collection direction and web previews. Three selected works now have private production packages. The remaining concept works are not print-ready customer files, and no price or checkout is available. Rights confirmation, customer terms, provider setup, and release approval must happen before any sale.