With each brushstroke, Roanna Tella maps the shifting terrain between emotion and memory, vulnerability and resilience. Rooted in introspection, her practice reimagines the human form through gestural abstraction, inviting viewers to witness how the body carries both rest and rupture. In her latest body of work, Foreboding Tales, Tella turns inward, tracing the quiet rituals that tether us to joy and grounding amid uncertainty. Through the symbolism of plants and subtle daily gestures, she explores the coexistence of beauty and distress, asking how both can be held within the same breath. Tella holds a B.A. in Visual Arts from the University of Lagos and has exhibited widely across Nigeria and internationally; her evolving practice continues to deepen through mentorship and a sustained commitment to emotional truth in visual form.