Verbal Description Transcript: Jean Jacques Ndjola, painted in 2020. Oil on canvas. 3 feet 4 inches high by 2 feet 6 inches wide. The face of a Black man looks out from the center of the canvas. The face is framed by what appears to be a hooded garment in a rich, sunflower yellow. The background is a paler crocus yellow. The man is shown full face, but he’s not quite meeting our eyes – he appears to be focusing intently on something just over our left shoulder as we face him. He is unsmiling and his lips are slightly parted. His gaze is stoic. The man’s face is heavily worked with streaks of umber brown paint, with gray-blue highlights – especially on the forehead and around the nose. This thick paint contrasts with the more flatly painted clothing and background. The garment the man wears is not clearly defined – it appears more as a flat area of color surrounding the face and covering the hair and shoulders. The man’s throat and neck are covered in a warm earth brown color – a lighter brown than his face. This may suggest he is wearing a turtleneck pullover under his hooded yellow garment. The artist’s signature appears on this turtleneck area, to the right of center, framed by a rectangular box: ‘Amoako Boafo King 2020’, in black handwriting.