Strong bonds, 2020

Walter Limo is an artist fascinated by paradoxes. By exploring them with a surrealist style, he finds unique plots. The painting Strong Bonds creates a feeling of strong emotional tension. Mystical mutant figures resembling a human and a bird-snake are entwined with each other. The scrutinizing gazes of both are directed at us. However, the visual component of the painting, the choice of colors blunt the sinister nature of the figures, glamorize them. The artist combines two completely opposite ideas, thereby blurring the most distinctive features of each of them.