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Acrylic painting: Man’s best friend

Mar 24

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Acrylic wildlife painting of a dog by Nkolika Anyabolu (MD)

2.5″ x 3.5″

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This is another painting of a strange dog that came up to me and felt so safe and relaxed beside me as I stood at a bus stop. I see a lot of beauty in these creatures and I sometimes wish all human beings can be like dogs. Dale Carnegie, in his book: How to win friends and influence people; used a dog to describe how we ought to be in other to win people over. And I couldn’t agree with him more.

I love it when they wag their tails in joy and anticipation. And no matter what you do they will always come running to you anytime you get home…………….always happy to see you. Come to think of it: why can’t we all strive to be like that? Wouldn’t the world be a much better place to live in?

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Wildlife paintings

Mar 19

Posted by Nkolika in Drawings, Mixed media, Videos, Wildlife, Women | 2 Comments

Wildlife paintings

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures.

Vincent van Gogh

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Acrylic ACEO painting of a dog

Jan 24

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Acrylic ACEO painting of a dog by Nkolika Anyabolu (MD)

2.5″ x 3.5″

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One day several months ago while on my way back from a town where I went with my husband (he had to go and cover a clinic there), I instantly made friends with a nice looking dog.  As I stood at the bus stand he came up very close to me and stood. Stretching from time to time. What struck me was he felt so comfortable and at ease just standing beside me. Of course with my camera close by I took some shots and recently painted him.

Animals always enact a feeling always close to supernatural in me anytime I come close to them. They’re such wonderful creatures and I enjoy painting and drawing them.

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Acrylic on paper painting of Giraffes

Jan 19

Posted by Nkolika in Acrylic paintings, Botswana, Inspirational, Wildlife | 2 Comments

Acrylic painting of giraffe silhouettes by Nkolika Anyabolu (MD)

Giraffe Silhouettes

20cm x 28cm

copyright Nkolika Anyabolu (MD)

For some time now I’ve been having a lot of fun and deriving a lot of joy from painting wildlife. It definitely is influenced by where I have found myself………………….Botswana.  Botswana hasn’t been good to me in a lot of ways, but I have simply chosen to see the good sides of the place.  I keep saying I’m way too young to burden myself with thoughts that will not in anyway make me a better person or make me happy. The bottom line’s that I am too young to send myself to an early grave. Needless to say it is always very important to try and see the beautiful side of any where you find yourself.

Coming here opened a totally new chapter in my life. A chapter I was not in anyway ready for (can we ever be completely ready for what life throws at us?). But like a popular saying in my culture that says “a na awachi uwa ogodo”…………which means adorning life with beautiful ornaments no matter the circumstances, I decided a long time ago to keep my shoulders straight and walk with my head high at all times. Yeah, like the giraffes in the painting above. If I could get my neck to be that long I would definitely be making a statement to the world around me that I have simply chosen not to be deterred.

What is it that you’re going through now? Have things happened that have made your shoulders slouch and made you constantly afraid of looking the world in the eye? Brace up and know you’re not (never alone). Like giraffes who never walk with their heads low, may we all learn to stare down adversities and disappointments.

Everyone reaches a point in their life where they must either change or cease

Brett Whiteley

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Painting of fighting Zebra Stallions

Jan 18

Posted by Nkolika in Mixed media, Wildlife | 2 Comments

Painting of Zebra Stallions by Nkolika Anyabolu (MD)

Fighting Zebra Stallions

Pastel and Charcoal on paper

21mm x 29.25mm (8.25″ x 11.75″)

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I thoroughly enjoyed painting these Zebra stallions fighting for the right to mate with females in the herd in the wildlife rich Chobe National Park in Botswana, Southern Africa. The Chobe National Park is a wonderland of wild life delights, and surprises. It encompasses most of Northern Botswana north of the Okavango.

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures

Vincent van Gogh

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