Glimpses of April Turkish Marble Painting Workshop and Exhibition

24th to 29th, April witnessed participation of about twenty-five visual artist from Lagos, Ibadan, Benin, Cross-river and Zaria (self), including some members of the Turkish community in the UFUK/OYASAF MARBLE ART PAINTING WORKSHOP and EXHIBITION held in Lagos themed ART FOR PEACE.

Artists resumed at 10am and closed at 4pm throughout the duration of the workshop with teaching materials and cost of facilitation borne by the organizers including lunch. Tugay Yalcin an Artist and Executive Director, Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja was the facilitating artist.

Below are my contribution to the exercise and pictures from the Workshop:

"Embrace Peace"

"Embrace Peace" is a stylised image of a warrior riding swiftly over a rocky terrain and suddenly saw a white dove landed on the tip of his drawn spear.

"Jaw-jaw and not War-war"

"Jaw-jaw and not War-war" is a comment on the need for peaceful dialogue against mounting weapons of destruction

"Council of Peace-makers"

"Council of Peace-makers" is an abstract expressionism. The orange represent the aggravated group while the white ares represent the group seeking for peaceful dialogue.

"Yellow and Red Tulips"

Tulip has significant meaning to the Turks. I am yet to find out what it represents to them. Hope to find out soon. Let me know if you have anything to contribute please. My e-mail address is: oluseyi.ajayi@gmail.com

Cross-Section of Participants with the Facilitating Artist

The participants had to take photograph after the exercise on the third day. My humble self is fourth from the right.

Cross-Section of Participants with Omooba Yemisi Shyllon

Marble painting exercise by a participant

TugayYalcin (Facilitating Artist) 

It was indeed an uplifting creative exercise for me and a very much needed educative recess from my academic escapades in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

Thank you for being there always. God bless you.

Chronicle Serie A (Business-like)

It's been quite a while reaching out to my great followers and visitors on this blog. Accept my sincere apology for the abscence. A lot has been happening behind the scene, most especially about my MFA degree programme at the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna state, Nigeria. With time, I should be able to write a bit about my experience at the MFA painting studios, my last post was actually one of such.

The painting below "Business-like" was inspired by the tenacity of an average African woman in her quest to eke out living from her business through dawn to dusk. Three panels make up the composition showcasing three basic mood of a wworker's normal day: extreme left portrays dawn when she sets out with her wares; centre panel indicates mid-day while right panel reflects on her grateful attitude after the day's business before light-out. The painting/s was executed in such a way that each panel could actually stand by itself or otherwise.

"Business-like" 'Seyi Ajayi. Acrylic on Canvas
179.5 x 104.5cm. 2017

"Business-like at Dawn" 'Seyi Ajayi.
Acrylic on Canvas 52 x 104.5cm. 2017

"Business-like at Mid-day" 'Seyi Ajayi.
Acrylic on Canvas 75.5 x 104.5cm. 2017

"Business-like at Dusk" 'Seyi Ajayi.
Acrylic on Canvas 52 x 104.5cm. 2017

Life Painting studies with motifs

It's really been awhile folks. Events here and there had kept me away from blogging, but am sure back for good. This is my welcome back package for you, extract from my research program's package. I do hope you will enjoy them.

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' Time-out' 105 x52 cm Acrylic on Canvas

'Reposed indeed' 106 x 52 cm Acrylic on Canvas

'Busy hands' 100 x 90 cm Acrylic on Acrylic

Life painting exercises from the Post-Graduate Fine Arts Painting Studios of ABU, Samaru-Zaria. Happy viewing!

Choices

Life is all about choices...a market place indeed! You can choose to be happy today and make someone happy with your kind gesture.

Beautiful Indeed

For your visual enjoyment. Thank you for being there always, Folks. God bless you.

Indigo Dye centre of Iseyin

This piece was an outcome of restrictions on use of colour. It's about olden days Tie & Dye traditional method of  Indigo dye in Iseyin, a town in the old Western Region of Nigeria. Another series for future exploration.
Thanks for viewing this, comments welcome.

Images and forms

This piece was revisited, quite limitless exploitation of forms. Thanks for viewing this blog, comments welcome.