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Flowers and luminous colour turn the portrait into a study of nurture, softness, and the strength inside care.

This work reflects the tenderness and formative care that shaped Benjamin Asante's early life. Floral elements suggest nurture and beauty, while the luminous colour across the figure speaks to the layered emotional lives carried by the women who sustained him. The portrait approaches womanhood as a source of softness that never abandons strength.

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