Ẹnu Àárọ̀

Medium

Giclée on paper

Year

2026

Ẹnu Àárọ̀, meaning Morning Mouth, catches a male figure in the posture of the very first moment of the day, seated on the floor with legs extended, torso slightly reclined, both hands raised to cover his mouth before the first word has formed. He wears a simple white buba and sokoto, sleep-loosened but dignified. Through the gaps between his fingers covering his mouth, golden breath emerges, warm and visible, and within it the shapes of the day ahead are briefly present, a chair, a door, a road, a small morning prophecy exhaled before consciousness has fully arrived. This luminous mixed media fine art print is Giclée printed on museum quality 310gsm Textured Fine Art Cotton Rag and limited to a worldwide edition of just 20 prints. A quietly extraordinary Nigerian painting about the sacred ordinary of each morning, available at Naija Art Store.