Snake & Poppy
2025.
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: L30cm xW20cm
This piece was born from the emotional aftermath of isolation a time when external noise faded and I was left with myself. In that silence, I began to see who I truly was, without the filters of expectation or comparison. And as I started to love that version of myself, people and energies began to appear that mirrored that healing. Snake and Poppy is a visual echo of that experience: the moment when self-acceptance invites connection, and when the unconventional becomes sacred.
In this piece, I wanted to explore what happens when these two meet not in judgment, but in recognition.
Together, they form a quiet alliance. No longer alone in their difference, they reflect each other’s resilience. The Poppy, once caught in the trap of self-doubt, begins to feel the freedom of simply being. With Snake beside it, it no longer needs to perform or conform it can just exist, vivid and whole.
Esther Akello 