Tema Market - Ghana - Crop#1

This is an extract from a larger drawing that showcases the effervescence at the daily local market in Tema, a coastal city located near Accra, Ghana. 9940x6672px This drawing is part of my Spatial Accretion series. accretion : noun the process of new layers or matter being slowly added to something" from Latin accretio(n-), from accrescere 'become larger', from ad- 'to' + crescere 'grow'. Oxford English Dictionary Each drawing focuses on a place - whether it’s a room, a neighborhood or a whole city. Each drawing is based on the memory I keep of this place. It captures the spirit of the place rather than the place itself. It brings to light what was salient to me when I experienced the...View all