Diana is a young Baka pygmy girl encountered at Camp Sikoum in Cameroon, in May 2022. The Baka are one of the hunter-gatherer peoples of the Congo Basin, whose relationship to the equatorial forest is of exceptional richness. Her hair with its golden highlights \u2014 a genetic characteristic present in some Baka communities \u2014 and her red necklace mark her out immediately.<\/p>\n
Diana is not posing: she was caught in a movement, her gaze lifted slightly to one side, her body leaning forward. The watercolour works through opposition \u2014 cold grey background, warm brown washes on the skin, white of the paper left bare at the shoulders \u2014 to preserve something of the movement, of the living instant, of a gaze that nothing had solicited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Original Painting sold<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Limited Edition Art print available<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n