CHICONDI

"Love is not what you feel. It is what you leave behind in every room you enter."

Chicondi — Chewa for love, affection, the bond that holds. Rooted in the Bantu languages of Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique, this name carries more than romance. It holds compassion, kindness, and the quiet force that connects people across every distance.

CHICONDI is a large-scale naive portrait — warm, open, and impossible not to feel.

With solid and transparant inks on a fine poplar wood panel, the face emerges from the natural grain of the wood itself. Solid and transparent inks sink into the surface, creating depth that no canvas can replicate. The wood breathes. The grain becomes part of the skin. Over time, both the panel and the solid mahogany frame will deepen in tone — the work literally grows more beautiful with age.

At 100 × 150 cm, CHICONDI commands a wall. Not decoratively, but presently. This is not art that fills a space. It is art that defines one.

Hanneke van de Pol is a Dutch multidisciplinary artist and concept designer based in Arnhem. Her Naive Faces series draws on her earliest portrait drawings, remastered with over 30 years of artistic and design experience. Her work has been shown at Studio Des Bouvrie / Het Arsenaal in Naarden and selected design fairs across the Netherlands. Each work is made with love and created for those who still dream, dare to play, and wonder.

• Edition — Exclusive 1/1. 
• Signed by Artist on the back 
• Size — W 100 × H 150 cm / Framed: W 106 × H 156 cm
• Technique — Solid and transparent inks on poplar wood 
• Frame ready to hang — Handmade massive mahogany frame
• ​Delivery — Ships within 1–2 weeks.
• Shipping Costs — not included

The wood and frame naturally deepen in colour over the years — making URAFIKI a work that becomes more itself with time.