by Adeyemi Ramon Omolaja

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Omi Obi ( The Kolanut River)

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Artist: Adeyemi Ramon Omolaja Title: Omi Obi (The Kolanut River) Medium: Oil on canvas Dimension: 76 x 105 cm Year: 2018 Description of the painting This painting depicts one of the mystery of nature. " Omi Obi" is a river located in Rore town in Omu Aran, Kwara state in Nigeria. It's name was derived as a result of the surrounding kolanut trees that formed shade over it. The river has both historical and spiritual connotation to the people of the town. The historical aspect might be a fiction with spiritual significance that transcends human understanding. The captivating point in this painting is the different out look of the same river which was separated by a log and they never flow into each other. The log also serves as a pedestrian that the people stand on while fetching from the clean side of the river into their basins purposely for domestic use. The painting portrayed the lowest rank of rural society in sympathetic light. The artistic rendition expressed the interaction of people with nature and their environment.

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