Deborah Segun’s paintings encourage self love. Influenced by the collective experience of womanhood, she references issues like body image ideals and gender binaries. To create her works, Segun layers 2-D planes of paint on her canvas. She says “I am the most interested in figuring out what colours to use. That’s what I spend most of my time doing before I start painting.” Using bright and contrasting shades, Segun creates her compositions by combining cubism and abstraction. This allows her to create new and interesting perspectives within her work.