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My friends in the Jungle Painting

Chinwe Russell

United Kingdom

Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Size: 23.2 W x 33.1 H x 0.1 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Childhood friends from the jungle I had great friends during my childhood. We all lived mainly in different townships. We were more family than friends because we came from the same kindred, descended from a common ancestor. We generally met in the village during the school holidays. We would go to St. Mary's church on sundays with our families, wearing our finest clothes and hats. We would visit each other's homes, unannounced as you didn't need to in those days. You went where you wanted, when you wanted. There were the Ibes, the Egeruos. The KJBs, the Anyanwus, and many more. . The lockdown period proved to be a very reflective period in many ways. I travelled back to my home town Obowo where I was born, but the journey was only in my imagination. I revisited the jungles of my childhood, some of the people, the places and the stunning scenery that abound in our landscape. My childhood was a very happy and secure one. We were free. We lived in the township, mind you, but we travelled to the village on many weekends and during the school holidays. As a result, we were versed in both township and village life. It was a great time. We went on perilous adventures to the streams deep in the valley to fetch drinking water, with our 10 litre buckets balanced precariously on our heads. We went to the farms with our hoes and matchetes to plant corn, cassava, okro and yam. We gathered round the fire at night to listed to tales by moonlight while roasting yam, Bush Pear and maize on the bonfire, We played hide and seek in the dark and ran around barefeet. We danced naked in the rain storm, very grateful for the refreshing rain. I regret that our kids in their turn have missed out on such marvelous adventures. Happy times, very happy times. This painting is part of the collection I created, in recollection of that wonderful period of my childhood.

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Acrylic on Paper

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23.2 W x 33.1 H x 0.1 D in

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Chinwe Russell is a Nigerian-born British artist and curator with nearly 30 years of professional experience across many industries and geographies. Her CV encompasses Banking and Finance; Business Management and Development; Community Development; PR and Marketing; Training and Consultancy. ​ FOUNDER AND CURATOR Chinwe has curated many international exhibitions and auctions featuring many artists from the world over. In addition to developing her own thriving art practice, Chinwe has brought her passion, energy, and creativity to bear on revitalizing the visual arts sector in her adopted town of Doncaster by establishing the Doncaster art fair as well the D31 art gallery which has become the hub for the visual arts in the city. ​ MENTOR For the past few years, Chinwe has supported a large number of artists the opportunity to show and sell their work on the international auction market via her collaboration with Chalkwell auctions as well as via various art exhibitions. ​Identified as a “Raw Talent” in 2018 Chinwe’s work has been shown in various prestigious exhibitions notably at the Carrousel du louvre Focus art fair, The Other Art Fair’s “Not 30% Project” London, Shanghai international art fair, the Global arts award and more. In 2019 and 2021, her works were selected and sold at the prestigious Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition. Chinwe’s narrative artistic style has brought a string of accolades to her name. Often historical in nature, Chinwe’s work uses bold bright colors to depict subjects evocative of deep reflection and emotions. Her naïve, intuitive style can be found both in public and private collections in the UK and abroad. Chinwe works on bespoke commissions as well as groups her work into themed collections. Chinwe often collaborates with both the public and private organizations to promote the visual arts and was on the Doncaster City Status project board who successfully made Doncaster a city. Chinwe has been a two-time recipient of Arts council England grant which supported two of her most important bodies of work. Some of her most important bodies of work include: Gods of Africa 20 Historical women who changed the world, Tribes of Africa Adam and Eve Girls of Italy Girls at the Corn exchange,

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