Work samples
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Stoop MamaStoop Mama, 2024
30 x 40 in
Oil on canvas
As a woman with many ‘roles,’ this image represents the moments that I am able to steal away and pause with myself and a hot cup of tea.
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I Saw Things; I Imagined24 x 30 in
Oil on canvas, 2025
Created during Winter 2025 Residency at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) in DC as part of a larger body of work titled, “Feels Like Summer”
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And the Livin’ is Easy30 x 40 in
Oil on canvas, 2025
Title borrowed from the song, “Summer Time,” originally written for the opera Porgy and Bess
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Before the Last Leaf Falls24 x 30 in
Oil on canvas, 2025
This piece is a testament to finding and holding onto our light despite the darkness and uncertainty of grief, transitions, and the changing of seasons.
About Yewande
As a first-generation American Nigerian painter and former healthcare administrator, my work lives at the intersection of wellness, community care, and storytelling. Within my practice, I create from personal and collective memory, exploring what it means to rest, grieve, play, recover, and to belong to oneself and one’s community. By centering Black life, my work aims to uncover the richness in everyday experiences and the quiet spaces where life slows down just enough for the truth to… more
Restorative Joy: Recollecting Black Innocence
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My Brother & MeMy Brother & Me, 2022
24 x 30 in
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Initially titled, “We All We Got,” this image captures the closeness of two siblings from a young age.
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Where I’m From, We Call ‘em HuckabucksWhere I’m From, We Call ‘em Huckabucks, 2021
24 x 30 in
Oil, acrylic, pigment stick on canvas
This image is reminiscent of my summers in Georgia, but also connects many Black Americans through what we called Huckabucks growing up. Depending on where you grew up, you may call them water ice, freezie cups, or another name; however, this image brings the same nostalgic feeling regardless of the name.
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You Better Not Let Them Little Girls Play in Your HairYou Better Not Let Them Little Girls Play in Your Hair, 2021
24 x 30 in
Acrylic, oil, pigment stick on canvas
Growing up, my older sister often did my hair. Since she was 8 years older, she always instructed me not to undo her work by allowing other kids to play in my hair. Though a personal memory, this image is reminiscent for many of how we would sit to get our hair done as children.
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Miss Sue From Alabama, Her Real Name SuziannaMiss Sue From Alabama, Her Real Name Suzianna, 2021
24 x 30 in
Oil, acrylic, pigment stick on canvas
This image is reminiscent of the hand games played as youth. The commonality and differences in the lyrics and motions connects generations across geographies in the US.
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We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting ForWe Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For, 2021
48 x 60 in
Oil on canvas
This image represents the fortitude of Black girlhood— before the world tells us that we’re too much or not enough. Through the imagery in this painting, I wanted to capture the ‘enough-ness’ that is in our just being as well as the essence of friendship, girlhood, and sisterhood.
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When the Sun Shines, We Shine TogetherWhen the Sun Shines, We Shine Together, 2023
24 x 36 in
Oil, acrylic, pigment stick on canvas
This image connotes the sounds and energy of summer in the neighborhood playing double Dutch. It is meant to channel nostalgia and connect generations with the same familiar image.
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Parlayin’ on the Poverty LineParlayin’ on the Poverty Line, 2021
24 x 36 in
Oil, acrylic, pigment stick on canvas
This image reminds me of the blissful ignorance that you’re allowed to have as a child when you don’t yet know the struggles of the world or personal family circumstances; it reminds me of a time when play was my top priority.
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Murals
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Joy’s ReverieJoy’s Reverie, 2023
30’ x 12’
Alethia Tanner Park, Washington, DC
Completed for NoMa in Color Mural Festival
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Dare to DreamDare to Dream, 2023
8’ x 8’
Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore, Maryland
Created for a live mural walk during Banned Book Week 2023
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Baltimore Blooms/Shine Your LightBaltimore Blooms/Shine Your Light, 2023
20’ x 8’
Park Heights, Baltimore, Maryland
Created for Preakness 148
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A Night with Lady Day“A Night with Lady Day” (2025)
10’ x 20’
Exterior paint on metal garage
Commissioned by the Upper Fells Point Improvement Association, located on 200 Block S. Durham Street aka “Lady Day Way”
With Dignity: Stories of Triumph and Recovery
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KimKim, 2024
30 x 40 in
Oil on canvas
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OliverOliver, 2024
30 x 40 in
oil on canvas
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JoyJoy, 2024
30 x 40 in
Oil on canvas
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MartinMartin, 2024
30 x 40 in
Oil on canvas
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CharlesCharles, 2024
30 x 40 in
oil, pigment stick on canvas
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SharitaSharita, 2024
30 x 40 in
Oil on canvas
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CarltonCarlton, 2024
30 x 40 in
Oil on canvas
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Feels Like Summer
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I Saw Things; I ImaginedI Saw Things; I Imagined (2025)
24 x 30 in
Oil on canvas
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Better Things to DoBetter Things to Do (2025)
15 x 40 in
Oil on canvas
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And in that stillness, I healedAnd in that stillness, I healed (2025)
15 x 30 in
Oil on canvas
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Gon’ Look for my Body (be back soon)Gon’ Look for my Body (be back soon) - (2025)
15 x 30 in
Oil on canvas
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Soft Rivering My Way…Soft Rivering My Way… (2025)
36 x 48 in
Oil on canvas
Sister piece to “…to a Summer Sweet Like Cinnamon”
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…to a Summer Sweet Like Cinnamon…to a Summer Sweet Like Cinnamon (2025)
36 x 48 in
Oil on canvas
Sister piece to “Soft rivering my way…”
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InTeriority/Complex 3inTeriority/complex 3 (2025)
12 x 12 in
Watercolor
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InTeriority/Complex 6inTeriority/complex 6
12 x 12 in
Watercolor
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InTeriority/complex 2inTeriority/complex 2
12 x 12
Watercolor
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InTeriority/complex 1inTeriority/complex 1
12 x 12 in
Watercolor
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