Expressionist Portrait Painting, "Shy"

Protecting himself with his arms, a little boy peers warily into the distance. The child is neatly dressed with tidy braids, as though for his first day at kindergarten. Thomas Amoako Boafo creates fascinating visual textures that overlay a realistic portrait. "The way you bring up your children, that's how they grow up to be," the Ghanaian artist muses.