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Sunburst of a Hopeless Artist

By Malika Ekon

Sunburst of a Hopeless Artist by Malika Ekon

"Sunburst of a Hopeless Artist" — oil on canvas, 2025

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"Sunburst of a Hopeless Artist" captures the desperate hunger to consume and be consumed by creation. Malika wields thick, volcanic brushstrokes to carve a mouth stretched wide open — swallowing galaxies, dreams, and silence alike. The piece throbs with molten color, embodying the relentless ache of wanting to leave a mark on a universe too vast to notice.

Malika grew up along the rivers of southern Cameroon, where the mornings smell of rain and the nights hum with invisible music. Her work is a testament to the ache of creation — wild, tender, desperate to outlast the silence.

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