...and Proud

I was born and raised in Nigeria and I have Nigerian friends from all over the world that are of every sexuality. I didn’t grow up in an over-religious home, my mother is an avid catholic while my father wasn’t too active in the church while I growing up and so I got the best of two perspectives in a way, both good people, developing their morals with what they knew was right--This greatly informed my adulthood, it allowed me understand that there are multiple perspectives. I don’t think it is right, just or christlike to prosecute a person because of who they love or happen to be attracted to, and that to me is what this painting is about, and is what I see when I look at our people of different sexualities. I see Nigerians, I see strength, I see resilience. I see pride.