Ras Painting

Chima Dennis Dike is a self-taught painter based in New Jersey , born in 1984. He developed an interest in painting at a young age of 5. His paintings are narrative scenes of domestic interactions between people, family and childhood memories using storytelling that incorporate the elements that taps into human identity while capturing the spirit of ordinary everyday life in a way that invites the viewers to their interpretations. Chima draws inspiration from various sources like politics, African art, history and culture, photography and inspiration from every day people to Contemporary art. Chima works mainly with acrylic paints on canvas. He paints a wild variety of bold figurative paintings, and his paintings technique involve primitive style painting techniques. Chima likes to paint a series of work by using vivid colors and expressive brush strokes. His works feature iconographies such as books and flowers abstraction background that involves so many movements. Each piece tells a story with texture and layers.