The very first art book I had was Art School which my mum bought from Glasgow and sentto me in Nigeria. I remember feeling so sad that half of the things which were mentioned in the book were not easily available to me.
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Challenges are meant to bring out the best in us and I am glad they are doing just that in my life. After receiving the news of my father's death, all I wanted to do was paint...paint and paint some more. Grief comes with it an array of feelings and there is no one best way of dealing with it. For me, talking about my feelings helped but what brought tremendous amount of healing was painting. I spent the weeks following his death painting. Something was unlocked somewhere and there was a great outflow of inspiration. I wonder; is that why many of the great masters had very sad and unhappy lives? Why is sadness and grief always closely associated with great inspiration?
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When the time came to say goodbye, we all had tears in our eyes. I never knew saying goodbye in Botswana would be difficult. I always thought that when the time came, that I would bolt up and leave without even looking back. But I was wrong.
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On the 11th of September, 2009 my father; Prof Michael Nwafor Obiako went to be with God the master artist. It is one thing to hear of death and see people die. It is a totally different ball game when you loose a loved one...someone who has been there all your life. I have always known that death is a sure end for each and every one of us. Like most people say "Death is the only thing in life that comes with a 100% guarantee". But no matter how much literature you know or how much you tell yourself that one day you would lose someone close to your heart. Nothing ever prepares you for the feeling that instantly overwhelms you when it happens.
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Here are a few Artists I admire including Adebanji Alade- London based artist; Dawie Mocke- South African Wildlife Artist; Samantha Hutchinson- London Based Artist; Sarah Lynch- Canadian based artist
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I would like to formally introduce my best work of art. Not that I am the creator, I was merely the vessel used by the master artist: Our Heavenly Father. She is the sole reason why I was absent for some time.
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Death often affects us in ways we can never predict. The loss of a loved one is often times life changing but death always makes us take a step back and re-evaluate our lives and the life of the one who has passed on.
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