Sangolaja Osunkunle OnaKomaya

16/12/2025

12/12/2025

🌺 Osa Meji — The Cotton Tree 🌺 work in progress

This painting is inspired by the sacred Ifa poetry of Osa Meji: The Cotton Tree.

The red silk cotton flower carries :

✨ Edible & Healing Properties
Its unopened buds and calyces are cooked as delicacies in parts of India, and used in teas in Myanmar for cooling, calming, and nourishment.

✨ Cultural Significance
Honored as the official flower of Guangzhou, China, it symbolizes courage, resilience, and the rise of the human spirit.

✨ Spiritual Presence
In folklore across Africa, the Caribbean, and Asia, the silk cotton tree is known as a dwelling place of spirits — a sacred tree that connects heaven, earth, and the unseen realms. A protector. A witness. A portal.

In this work, I’m honoring all of these layers — the medicine, the myth, and the mystery — carried in every bright red bloom.

Sangolaja Art Studio

09/12/2025

09/12/2025

This piece…
is a whisper from the unseen.

A story woven in light and shadow,
guided by Osun’s sweetness,
and carried by the quiet devotion of her bees.

Every line, every colour
came like a message—
a reminder of power that grows in silence,
beauty that rises from struggle,
and guidance that meets you exactly where you stand.

This painting isn’t just art…
it’s a doorway.
A reflection of the Ori,
the destiny,
the becoming.

And if it speaks to you…
if you feel that pull in your chest or your spirit…
then this piece has been calling your name long before today.

I’m simply honoured to be the hands
that brought that message into the world.