Grief

My first portrait? Mom is the Word!

One day my mother asked me if I was waiting for her to die before I made a painting of her. I thought of painting her but just needed to get

Beyond Painting Photo-Perfect Portraits

Sadly, I started painting this portrait in 2013, a few months after my father had passed died. In the painting, he was attorney-general of

Farewell, Aunt Uju Nsofor (nee Ikpeze)

She was such a wonderful woman. Till the end Aunt Uju only had words of encouragement, hope and love. At times it seemed we were the ones...

The Blinding Sun Danced.

I fell in love with the idea of a Rainbow nation. Till I visited the place, where the Ark had rested, and the Great Flood stanched. There...

Talk through the pandemic

I was interviewed yesterday by OB Fado for his blog. Please click on the link for the full interview- My interview with Tony Nsofor – a...

Blind to the Beauty

How can Oguta remain like this? We have this little paradise waiting to be cultivated. But we all run away from it for selfish gain. We...

Artist’s statement

Power Play and Other African Stories (for the exhibition Ballot Boxes and Beasts of Power) Ballot Boxes and Beasts of Power is mainly an...

Lazy Searches Stop Short of theTruth

A few times in the past I wanted to know what people say about me and do the Google search. There are images of my work with other...

The mourner

In mourning, the Sermon on the Mount jumped out from my memory. There was the phrase that led to a series, and ultimately to my...