these paintings honor black women’s natural hair’s beauty and versatility

Yall, the Black Renaissance is here in more ways than one and I for one am excited for the next hundred years of Black women being immortalized in art. Painter Gank Pansuay is doing just that with his oil-on-canvas pieces depicting Black women in all their glory. The pieces celebrate the natural beauty of Black women and their hair, playing with color and form in a way turns each muse into their own weather system.

Pansuay’s technique also does Black hair justice as the fro is present and accounted for in its many forms, framing the faces of these Black goddesses like loving clouds, turning them all into Mother Nature’s fly daughters. We stan!

“Afro flow series” 120×120 cm. 🔺Sold🔺

A post shared by Gank Pansuay (@gank_pansuay) on Aug 1, 2018 at 11:55am PDT

“Woman with buns explosion 💥 120×120 cm. Oil on canvas 🔺Sold

A post shared by Gank Pansuay (@gank_pansuay) on Jun 3, 2018 at 4:30am PDT

“Hair cloud outside turban”💥👧🏾🧣 120×120 cm. 🔺Sold🔺

A post shared by Gank Pansuay (@gank_pansuay) on Jul 1, 2018 at 7:09am PDT

Woman with buns💥👧🏾💧 110×130 cm. 🔺Sold 🔺

A post shared by Gank Pansuay (@gank_pansuay) on May 1, 2018 at 2:53pm PDT

👧🏾She wears golden cloud☁️ 120×120 cm. 🔺Sold

A post shared by Gank Pansuay (@gank_pansuay) on Jun 29, 2018 at 12:02pm PDT

Afro flow series 💥☁️🌋 oil on canvas 120×120 cm. 🔺Sold

A post shared by Gank Pansuay (@gank_pansuay) on Jun 24, 2018 at 7:22am PDT

👧🏾Buns explosion 💥 oil on canvas 120×120 cm. 🔺Sold 🔺

A post shared by Gank Pansuay (@gank_pansuay) on May 19, 2018 at 7:04am PDT

🌋 oil on canvas 120×120 cm.🔺Sold 🔺

A post shared by Gank Pansuay (@gank_pansuay) on Apr 26, 2018 at 7:27am PDT