Acrylic Expressionist Painting from Africa, "Mothers Sweat"

Moving gracefully through the crowds, merchant women exemplify the human aspect of vendors in the noise, activity, and confusion of market day. Nii Teiko Aryeetey depicts the vendors in a startling freeze frame of market chaos. Placing their goods in baskets, basins, or on wooden trays, each woman arrives with the hope of a good sale.