She Danced at Her Own Funeral

Medium

Giclée on paper

Year

2026

She Danced at Her Own Funeral captures a female figure at the peak of a joyful mid-dance moment, one leg lifted with the knee at hip height, arms spread wide and asymmetric, body slightly twisted at the waist, head tilted back with face upward. She wears a flamboyant hot pink Ankara dress with wide sleeves that billow from the movement. Her skull paint matches the hot pink background exactly, so the skull flickers visible and invisible as she turns, death worn as lightly as a dancing dress. Around her feet on the floor, flower petals have been arranged, not fallen but placed, as if the floor was prepared for this dance in advance. This is a one of one original piece, the only work of its kind anywhere in the world, a mixed media fine art work of photography and digital art, Giclée printed on museum quality 310gsm Textured Fine Art Cotton Rag. An exuberant and life-affirming Nigerian painting available at Naija Art Store.