Techniques,Inspirations and Materials

Techniques, Inspirations and Materials

Asabea’s paintings focus on themes that project the nature of women. Some of her paintings also examine the roles of women in society. Her recent sculpture works make reference to important women personalities. She also uses her works to promote the gospel, inspire women who lack self-identity, self-confident jilted and anyone who also wants to be an artist. Her paintings usually depict women whereas she is mostly commissioned to sculpt effigies of men.

Asabea usually employs the impasto painting technique; she paints with palette knives using acrylics on canvas and likes to depict closer views of the figures or things she paints. She sometimes incorporates beads and miniatures of wooden 'Gye Nyame' symbols into her paintings. For her sculptural works, she most often uses resin, Plaster of Paris, fibreglass and clay, and employs the modelling and casting sculpture techniques. Her sculptural works usually have smooth finishing. She sculpts exact replica of persons. She is a realistic sculptor. In her conceptual world of art, Asabea employs different styles, techniques and materials. Yet her installations are her trademarks with a lot of readily available materials; mostly found in the immediate environment of the woman.

Asbea is mostly inspired by the lifestyle of women she comes across and read about. In addition,she is concenrned with men’s attitude and misconceptions about ‘the woman’ She is inspired by artists such as; Marigold Akufo-Addo, Frida Khalo, Judy Chicago, Tracey Emin, Benjamin Offei- Nyarko, Dorothy Amenuke, Georgia O’Keeffe, Caroline Sherman and Salvador Dali. She mostly finds ideas for her works from daily activities, observing things in her environment, when meditating and reading inspirational educative books.