‘Freedom, 2018.’ Kavir Mootoo, 2018. Acrylic on 16″ x 20″ canvas board. (Ready to hang) (*SOLD*)

This is one of the first paintings I did on canvas when I started working on canvas again. That was 2018.

Painting this, there was a great sense of freedom, exploration. I had been working on only T-shirts for 4-5 years before and there are things you can do on a hard surface that you can’t do on things that move easily. Painting on both surfaces are different and feel equally important to me.

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The concept is a simple one. Artists and makers post images of their work to sell for NO MORE than TT$1400 (US$200, £200, €200, ¥20000) each (not including shipping.) Anyone can then buy the work. Every time the artist or maker reaches TT$7000 (US$1000) of sales they pledge to buy another artist’s work for TT$1400 (US$200). This is open to artists all over the world and is to encourage a more democratic, equal and open economy for all artists and makers.This painting is available as part of #artistsupportpledge which is a generous culture and dynamic economy in support of artists and makers.