Uwezo Ndani

Ndani (SWAHILI: "within")

Mixed media on canvas, 30 x 40 inches

This work grows more intimate the longer you live with it.  Whether displayed in an executive office, a sophisticated living room, or a private gallery wall, Uwezo Ndani commands attention without demanding it. 

Part of the Uwezo series, this piece explores power as something inherent, carried within rather than granted from without.  The Uwezo symbol rests at the heart of the canvas, cradled in luminous teal like a crystal formation revealed inside a geode.  Layers of warm magenta radiate outward, generous and expansive, as something long-contained finally given room to breathe.  A veil of transparent pearl floats over the symbol - softening it, honoring it - the way light catches the inside of a shell.

Acquiring an Uwezo means bringing something rare into your space. 

Uwezo means power, ability, potential.

This piece asks you to consider where yours lives.