Ancestral African Image is the passion of Mami Olufunke Morrishow who started this business concept to make a venue where she could present the Icons and Images of African Spiritual Thought from her perspective based on the wealth of information given to her through her Godparents Olaoluwa and Osunsina Fasade, the many books written on this subject and her personal experience.
Mami Olufunke Morrishow was made a fully Crowned Priestess and Shrinekeeper in the service of the Orisha Yemoja in 1996. After this initiation Mami Olufunke’s artistic pursuit focused primarily on the creation and recreation of Icons and Images of African Spiritual Science for use on ritual occations.
Finding it impossible to find an image of a Black Mermaid, Mami Olufunke decided to create her own. The first painting started ou t as a line drawing painted in white acrylic paint on blue denim fabric completed with color in 1999.
This painting was on cloth without an armiture to be rolled and to travel from place to place. This ‘Art for the Spirit World’ was used on many ritual occasions before it was sold to Philip Langaigne in 2006 to be part of a collection of art for a Mermaid Museum he was building in Greneda.
This series of Mermaid Paintings was executed between 1999 and 2003.
Mami Olufunke has shown parts of this art work at galleries and cultural markets on the East Coast of the USA and has hand made and personally manufactured several collection since that time which is what this blog is all about.
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HERE WE PURSUE BEAUTY IN THE TRADITION OF THE ANCESTRAL AFRICAN IMAGE. ASE!