Moments Of Life Mixed Media Painting

This mixed media painting reflects life’s fleeting beauty, where love, nature, and shared moments create lasting meaning and hope

Artwork Description

about this mixed media painting

"Moments of Life" captures the beauty of presence, where love, nature, and possibility converge in a single, timeless space. The artwork reflects shared experiences rooted in nature, where dreams and reality merge to create meaningful connections and lasting impressions.

Waves become metaphors for life and love, sometimes gentle, sometimes powerful, yet always carrying energy forward with constant renewal. Through this imagery, the piece emphasizes that love, like the tides, adapts while remaining steady and endlessly transformative.

Togetherness becomes an anchor, grounding the figures in presence, while still embracing the openness of what lies ahead. The horizon symbolizes infinite opportunities, urging viewers to embrace uncertainty as a space of hope, potential, and growth. Every brushstroke highlights the significance of fleeting moments, revealing how present awareness transforms ordinary experience into profound memory. 

The composition suggests that moments alone do not define us, it is our response that creates meaning, direction, and purpose. Moments of Life ultimately invites reflection on resilience, intimacy, and the quiet power of embracing life’s constant forward movement.

about the artist

Samuel Kayode Toba, born in 1990, is a Nigerian conceptual artist working from Oyo State, Nigeria. He studied art at The Polytechnic Ibadan and earned a Higher National Diploma in Painting in 2018. Since graduation, he has steadily pursued his practice with deep fascination for Nigerian colors, textures, folklore, and cultural narratives.

Working primarily with acrylic and newsprint on textured canvas, he expresses personal curiosities through bold, animated strokes. His distinctive style fuses traditional Nigerian motifs with contemporary expressions, creating compositions that resonate on emotional and cultural levels.

Toba’s approach celebrates acrylics in pure hues and in carefully blended layers that highlight movement, depth, and spontaneity. His brushwork combines dynamic textures with layered impressions, emphasizing both control and freedom in two-dimensional spaces. He integrates contrasting and complementary colors with confidence, infusing each piece with energy and striking visual impact.

The recurring black human form anchors his exploration of identity, memory, spirituality, and interconnectedness. Through this motif, he pushes boundaries of perception and expands how African culture can be represented in contemporary art. His works promote heritage while celebrating beauty, urging audiences to reimagine art’s possibilities and cultural significance. 

Exhibited in galleries and art fairs locally and internationally, his work receives acclaim for evocative storytelling and powerful imagery. Toba continues to advance his vision, creating art that speaks globally while rooted deeply in African traditions and perspectives.

View his Dubai collection of available artworks here

copyright

This mixed media painting is one of a kind original therefore, all copyrights and reproduction rights are reserved by the artist.