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My Kids displaying their creative expressions. So colourful and beautiful.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
Albert Einstein

TENDER ARTS 'RICHOUT AFRICA'

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
Vincent Van Gogh

Chioma Akamelu's Sound of Joy

This is a fabric collage of Chioma Akamelu, titled 'Sound of joy' a picture of a traditional drum commonly found among the Yoruba speaking people of Nigeria known as 'gangan drum' is depicted by the artist whose specialty has been in craft over the time.. It is a semi abstract collage work, the face of the drum is laced is with orangish and yellowish colourful pieces of fabrics, while the background is pasted with bluish-green fabrics and the strap of the drum is demarcated with motifs. The rattle is pasted with brownish and dark colour. Chioma is one of the exhibiting artists for the art exhibition slated for 27th June, 2013 in Queensland Academy, Lagos, Nigeria. The Nigerian-South African girl, 11 years old and year 6 pupil has this 3rd work to her credit for the exhibition

Chioma Akamelu 'Face to Face with African women'

Chioma Akamelu, a Nigerian-South African female artist, one of the tender arts ambassador displays her mixed media painting titled 'Face to Face with African women. a two dimensional exploration of materials in  collage making, beads, newspaper,fabrics and acrylic paints

Kunle Adewale,CEO Tender Arts

 Creativity is in our gene, we do not struggle to create

 Kunle Adewale and TK at the art workshop MAY 2013

 Kunle Adewale and his amazing Tender Kids

Kunle Adewale and Dr. Kunle Adeyemi, and ither facilitators at the art workshop 'catch them young' May 2013

the 3 Musketeers

Kamso, Mmesoma and Ayomikun at the art workshop 'Catch them young' in May

Mmesoma a picasso in the making

A critical analysis and comparison between Mmesoma's abstract painting titled 'Happy Family' and Pablo Picasso's painting 'Three Musician' Pablo Picasso's painting,Three Musicians is a large painting measuring more than 2 meters wide and high. It is painted in the style of Synthetic Cubism and gives the appearance of cut paper.Picasso paints three musicians made of flat, brightly colored, abstract shapes in a shallow, boxlike room.
Three Musicians is an example of Picasso's Cubist style. In Cubism, the subject of the artwork is transformed into a sequence of planes, lines, and arcs. Cubism has been described as an intellectual style because the artists analyzed the shapes of their subjects and reinvented them on the canvas. Mmesoma’s painting titled ‘happy family’ is a an abstract style painting which is compose of four figure,. These figures are represented m silhouette form. While the two figures which is perceived to be father and mother are holding the box guitar at the center of the painting, the other two figures beneath seen as the children are playing an African traditional drum. This seems to be a celebration time in the family. However, could one say that the 10 years old female artist representation of the happy family was influenced by Picasso’s three musicians, definitely no. the two works are similar in style and colour rendition but differ in the formation of shape composition in the painting. It should be noted that one of Picasso's earliest painting 'Demoiselles d'Avignon' was influenced by African scupltures (Masks) he came in contact in 1907. Inspiration is not racial; it is simply a universal Spirit.