After Church 2020

Cornelius Annor’s painting evokes a Sunday afternoon. The family is assembled, but everyone is doing their own thing; the parents are reading, and the child is playing on the rug. I'm thinking about how the surface is built with layers, the composition so geometric. You can see how the shapes stack up, creating a sense of depth. The colors are muted yet rich, with the carpet pattern and the stark contrast between the background colors. It's like Annor is inviting us to reflect on the quiet moments that make up a life. The painting feels intimate, almost like we're peering into a private world, one built from colour and shape. I bet Annor was thinking about the way memory works, how we piece together fragments of experience to create a whole. It is a testament to painting's ability to capture not just what we see, but how we feel.