ARTIST WHO PAINTS ON LEAVES

ARTIST WHO PAINTS ON LEAVES
This painter turns leaves into canvas.

Acrylic on dry leaves

Wirazka paints on fallen leaves, turning them into tiny landscapes by using acrylic paints. The leaves are naturally very fragile, which makes the level of detail that she achieves all the more impressive. (pulseng.com)

20 Nigerian Contemporary Artists you should know
Jimoh Akolo:Painter and Art Educator. 
Born in Kwara State in 1935. 
1952 and 1955, he came under the direction of Dennis Duerden, an art teacher, at Government College, Keffi. In 1961, he obtained a Diploma in Fine Art, specialising in Painting.
Between 1964 and 1965, he was at the Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. where he obtained a diploma and Master of Science in Art Education. He was later appointed as Professor in 1983 by Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he has been teaching since 1966. His works won the first prize in the Nigerian Festival of Arts and in the self-government Exhibition of Northern Nigeria. In 1961, one of his paintings won an honorary mention in the Beinnal at Sao Paolo, Brazil. He usually paints human activities and uses different colours that are not the natural colour of the figures.