Artist Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe paints incredible portraits that include expressive subjects in shades of grey set against bold, colorful backdrops. His artistic work emphasizes the characters of his subjects and focuses on their emotional state through facial expressions, gestures, and the clothes they’re wearing.
The Ghanian artist explained in an interview with Juxtapoz that his goal is “to capture what they want to say but cannot say in just one image. So that when you see the figure or the painting, you wonder who the person is.” We think he managed to do just that and showed us complex characters in still illustrations so that we can’t help but wonder about their stories.
Quaicoe’s work has been shown in exhibitions before. The next chance to check out his work in person will happen at Roberts Projects in L.A. from April to May 2021. In the meantime, you can check out some of his work below and find more on his Instagram page.
