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.