Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy creates a lasting impression on canvas as well as on those who meet her. For the fortunate ones who sit for her, her charm pervades and the intensity of her application when painting leaves a memorable effect.

Born in Eastern Nigeria Chinwe had always wanted to be an artist and took every opportunity to draw – even when this got her into trouble at school. She was greatly affected by the Biafran war both emotionally and through the lack of opportunities for study at that period in Nigeria. She travelled to Britain in 1975 and obtained a B.A. Hons. Degree in Graphic Design at Middlesex Polytechnic formerly Hornsey College of Art.

She took up full time painting in 1988 and her work covers a wide area. As well as portraits in oils and pastels, her paintings depicting the history of the African continent have attracted wide acclaim. Chinwe also sculpts in clay. Her portrait commissions are extensive and the major commissions are listed on the exhibitions page. Her current major commission is to paint Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. She is the first black artist to do so. The commission, when completed, will hang in Marlborough House alongside that of her work of Chief Emeka Anyaoku the Secretary General of the Commonwealth whose portrait was unveiled by Her Majesty in March 2000.

She is greatly inspired by people; but especially by the survival spirit and tenacity of the people of Africa. It is not surprising therefore that my portraiture has developed in the area of figurative historical paintings.

Contact Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy through her personal website:

http://www.chinweroy.com

To contact for commissions and booking
please use the following details:

Tel: +44 (0)1728 746571
Fax: +44 (0)1728 748215
Email: [email protected]

To order Chinwe’s work on-line including prints, etchings, lino-prints and woodcuts, visit the ChinweGallery.com:

www.ChinweGallery.com

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Kolade Oshinowo, is a Master painter and portraitist, a veritable storehouse of creative genius.

Over the years Kolade Oshinowo has consistently produced engaging works drawing the viewer in as a participant rather than an admirer. His paintings engage the world around him; communicating that indeed “art is life”.

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His paintings in ones collection refuse to be stored away, the humanity in their composition beckoning for space to breathe, to talk, to live. Even his large canvasses feel intimate, their size being consumed in the familiarity and personal rapport they establish with the viewer.

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