Signed Expressionist Painting of a Woman from Ghana (2019), "The Prayer"

Wearing a head scarf, an African woman gazes directly into the eyes of the viewer as she covers her ears. Ghanaian artist Emmanuel Linford Adjei paints this composition, depicting his subject against a stark black background. He paints this scene in an expressionist style, using a subdued color palette with a crackled appearance to the paint.