Cheers

I started this painting in July hoping to complete it before I embarked on a 100 portrait painting a day challenge on Instagram, but couldn't finish it by 1st August when I jumped on the challenge bandwagon.

The canvas was supplied by a colleague, it wasn't suitably primed and I found out after I had started - it was drinking the paint and there was no slip on the surface. I had to continue once I'd started.


I was attracted by the smooth lines and the fruity colours in the cocktail.

The finished painting - Cheers. Oil on Canvas. 24 x 24"   Sold.

Yellow Scarf

I painted this over an old painting of a boat that did not work at all.

Oil on canvas.

14 x 20

Pink Scarf

This was a joy to paint.


Oil on Paper.

12.5" x 12"

International Women's Day 2019

Two days ago, I gave myself the assignment of starting and completing a painting that had relevance to the International Women's Day 2019 #BalanceForBetter. That meant I had maximum of 48 hours to complete the painting.

I chose the painting because of the strong gestural stance of the little girl who is 'balanced' on the sandy terrain and this spoke to my need to have a reference that supports this year's theme.

Apart from minor tweaks, here is my completed painting, 'At the Beach', oil on canvas 16 x 20" advocating for balance, for gender diversity, for equal opportunities, for space to grow into womanhood.

This painting has been sold.

Postponed Elections - time to paint.

Last Saturday 16th February 2019 was supposed to be the Presidential Elections all over Nigeria. As citizens were to vote only where they had previously registered, busloads of people had moved from one part of the country to the other in order to vote for our next President. Usually there is no vehicular movement on election days so you had to be within walking distance of your polling booth (strange, yes, but a story for another day).

Anyway, we all went to bed on Friday only to wake on Saturday to the news that the elections had been postponed, nationwide to the weekend for logistics reasons! So sorry for those who had planned weddings and other ceremonial events next weekend. There has to be a plan B.

Anyway, I suddenly had a free day for painting!! There are no shops open, can't go to the hair salon... there's nowhere to go... so let's paint.

I looked in my 'studio' and sighted the unfinished alla prima open air portrait that I had put aside for a day just like this.

Update of the Work in Progress. 19.5 x 16 inches. Oil on canvas.

I'm happy with how it's progressing so far.

Portrait of my daughter.

Late last year, I started this portrait of my daughter from a phone camera photograph. I managed to complete it this week as part of my commitment to continuous uninterrupted (well, sort of...) painting in the year 2019.