Oluwakemi Omowaire Oil Painting "Lean on Me," 2019
Item Details
Oluwakemi Omowaire (Nigerian-American; b. 1984)
Lean on Me, 2019
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to the center left
Artist name, title, and date inscribed to the verso
Oluwakemi Omowaire was born in Nigeria in 1984. She is a self-taught artist with a degree in psychology. Fascinated with how emotions are revealed through facial expressions, she paints in an expressionistic manner using bold colors and a heavy impasto technique. She was a member of the Society of Nigerian Artists and participated in several exhibitions before moving to the United States in 2014. In 2018, she was a part of two successful art exhibitions in Columbus, Ohio: ’The Art of Nigerian Women: Sisters” at the Columbus Metropolitan Library and “Art at The Hilton” featuring original artworks by African diaspora artists.
Condition
- minor scuffing to paint.
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Item #
ITMG555475