FOR THE LOVE OF ART…OYIN ADEYEMI THROWS WEIGHT BEHIND WANDERLUST
Where her peers stay content in being ordinary, billionaire, Group MD of StillEarth Limited, Oyin Adeyemi, seeks to be extraordinary. She does not wish to appear the best, she seeks to be the best. But despite her predilection for excellence, the beautiful woman with tiny frame and mammoth reputation does not seek to become a Nigerian Oprah Winfrey, neither does she intend to model her exploits after the great deeds of mankind’s deceased heroines, Oyin simply wishes to be her own woman; a 21st century heroine cut from a rare stock. She does not turn a blind eye to the needy. Rather she pays good mind to their needs. And in this respect, his generosity proclaims her. She is indeed generous at heart. Oyin embarks on a humanitarian odyssey like a kind of poet and painter whose imagination is unclipped. She paints picturesque scenes in lives severely marred by squalor; she encrusts bleakness in shiny varnish and, as she is able, she seeks to mend small damaged lives here and there. Little wonder, her company, StillEarth, a construction and realties giant, was one of the major corporate sponsors of VIP Art Exhibition opening of WANDERLUST, presenting works by Chidi Kwubiri, Emeka Udemba, Junkman from Afrika, Jimmy Nwanne, Unoma Numero, Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko. The event hosted by WheatBaker, Lagos, on the 8th July, was well attended .
Chidi Kwubiri is a Nigerian artist. He has been drawing and painting since his childhood in Umuahia, Southeastern Nigeria. At school, he devoted his time and energy to learning the basic
principles of perspective, still life and figurative drawings.