Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Tryst with a Dozen, 2014. Oil on canvas. 27 4/3 x 23 13/16 inches. ©Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Photo courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Corvi-Mora, London.

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, The Front, 2014. Oil on canvas. 21 7/8 x 15 13/16 inches. ©Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Photo courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Corvi-Mora, London.

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Citrine by the Ounce, 2014. Oil on canvas. 21 7/8 x 17 13/16 inches. ©Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Photo courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Corvi-Mora, London.

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, An Excavation, 2014. Oil on canvas. 25 11/16 x 20 x 1 5/8 inches. ©Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Photo courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Corvi-Mora, London.

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Bluebird, 2014. 78 15/16 x 51 7/16 inches. ©Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Photo courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Corvi-Mora, London.

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Bullrushes and Forget-me-nots, 2014. Oil on canvas. 79 x 51 1/4 inches. ©Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Photo courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Corvi-Mora, London.

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Cobalt by the Pound, 2014. Oil on canvas. 78 7/8 x 51 5/16 inches. ©Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Photo courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Corvi-Mora, London.

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, The Harbour Voyage, 2014. Oil on canvas. 78 15/16 x 51 5/16 inches. ©Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Photo courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Corvi-Mora, London.

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Motives of a Man, 2014. Oil on canvas. 78 7/8 x 51 5/6 inches. ©Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Photo courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Corvi-Mora, London.

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Geometric Longings, 2014. Oil on canvas. 71 x 63 1/8 inches. ©Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Photo courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Corvi-Mora, London.