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Striver's Dream

£950.00Price
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Medium: Oil on Canvas

Size: 3ft × 3ft

Year: 2025


If you ask most Nigerians what they want most out of life, the answer is almost universal: "money" if they don't have it, and "more money" if they do. In a country of endless hustlers and relentless strivers, that shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.


While working on a commissioned piece and prepping for this new collection, a sudden, exhilarating question completely seized my mind: What would it actually feel like to earn a million dollars? My mind immediately flashed back to a wild, ostentatious scene from the movie

Danger: Diabolik, where the protagonist swims through literal piles of cash with his lover. It’s a profound image, but the more I sat with it, the more I realized that kind of over-the-top, chaotic energy just doesn’t represent who I am. As time passed, the true answer finally came to me. If I hit that million-dollar mark, I wouldn't be wilding out; I would feel an overwhelming sense of calm and deep, serene joy. I’d feel like I was effortlessly floating in

a warm pool of cash and comfort, entirely weightless and utterly free from the anxiety of bills or unexpected emergencies.


That is exactly what I set out to capture on this canvas. I wanted to paint a joy that lives deep within and gently radiates outward—the ultimate feeling of financial freedom and escape velocity.

This piece isn't about flashiness or greed; it is my visual definition of peace of mind, and precisely what I think it feels like to finally breathe easy.

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