Estimated Value: $250-$300 Pencil, acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas panel Adriano was one of the few photographers in the residency group. He was mostly quiet and chill, sort of like Angelo, but even more reserved. The reference photo for this work was taken during one of our visits to UNAP, which is a local organization/database of visual artists in Angola. I felt this was a great way to depict Adriano in his natural element.

Jay Golding

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Jay Golding’s figurative paintings and drawings evoke mythology, migration, and interconnectedness, creating literal and symbolic layers employed by vibrant palettes in acrylics and oils, sometimes incorporating collaged or impastoed elements. Golding’s emphasis on tribal cultures within his work, often infuses Caribbean and African cultural motifs allowing him to draw parallels between various communities–expressed by his masked figures and other fictional characters such as the purple-skinned beings from the village “Maji ya bluu”, which is Swahili for blue water. Golding frequently signs his work under the pseudonym Kwame, a name he donned after visiting Ghana in 2019 with his family. He cites his trip to the West African nation as well as Mexico as being life changing and having profound effects on his work.