Monday, 27 April 2020

Portrait Artist of the Week - SkyTV

I participated in yesterday's SkyTV Portrait Artist of the Week with a live sitter, Akram Khan. Akram was in his home in the UK and was being painted by Christabel Blackburn in her own home; Christabel is the winner of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2020. A lot has changed with technology and our ability to paint from where we are. Artists were invited to join in by Facebook live. The PAOTW continues next Sunday at 10 a.m. and will run for 4 weeks (lockdown special).

This is my painting at the end of the 4 hour session. Quite rough and no background painted in to tidy up the edges of his head. I will not be going back to this for now. Let's see what next week brings.




Thursday, 23 April 2020

I Said No

This series was birthed and finished during the Covid-19 pandemic's sit-at-home period in Port Harcourt.

It depicts a rejection of gender discrimination, body shaming, violence, racism, unequal pay and the Corona virus.

Two of them are still available for purchase. Contact the artist for details.

I Said No - 1

I Said No - 2 SOLD

I Said No - 3