Girl with the flower (red) (16x13 inches) by Babalola Mahmood

A 2025 painting by Babalola Mahmood

In the artist's words:

I try to portray balance and harmony through the comparison of elements. The closed and open eye, the complementary colour, along with the contrasting positions of the two red flowers, creates a subtle equilibrium, symbolising the delicate interplay between introspection and observation, proximity and distance, and the realms of our internal and external world.