Lagerstroemia | Photography (Digital) | 183 x 122 cm

Title: Lagerstroemia
Medium: Photography (Digital)
Size: 183 x 122 cm
Artist: Ayo Adewunmi
Year: 2024

Description:
Lagerstroemia reveals the quiet majesty of the Lagerstroemia speciosa as it rises into soft afternoon light. This composition gathers the tree in full voice, its petals blooming in gentle purples that drift from lilac to violet like verses carried on warm wind.

The foliage forms a lush canopy of green, each leaf curving with a calm confidence that frames the clusters of flowers beneath. The blossoms themselves appear almost weightless, their layered petals catching the light in tender shimmers that feel like whispers of summer.

At the crown, the purple blooms thicken into a radiant canopy, giving the impression of a tree singing upward, offering color to the sky. Lagerstroemia holds the Lagerstroemia as both memory and miracle, a reminder of beauty that grows with patience and quiet devotion.