1. You probably think this is a black and white photograph.
https://www.instagram.com/p/8mTfvio9tQ/?hl=en
2. You’re forgiven, because I thought the same as well. But they’re drawings!
https://www.instagram.com/p/9hiq2ho9uj/?taken-by=harinzeyart&hl=en
3. Stanley Arinze, a brilliant Nigerian artist is using pencils to create these life-like portraits.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BC3naH2o9pH/?taken-by=harinzeyart&hl=en
Arinze spends over 200 hours on each of his paintings. His work is inspired by
artists like Kelvin Okafor, amongst others.
4. And aren’t they beautiful?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQa-Tq9Domh/?taken-by=harinzeyart&hl=en
His aim is to carve a niche for Nigerian artists like himself, and make the vocation as lucrative as being a doctor or a lawyer.
5. How can one person pack all this talent?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPdqvoLDgp2/?taken-by=harinzeyart&hl=en
6. So unbelievably real!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BNaBUOUhPmQ/?taken-by=harinzeyart&hl=en
7. Favorite one
https://www.instagram.com/p/BNIU4MIheKz/?taken-by=harinzeyart&hl=en
8. Even Mark ‘Zukaburg’ is here
https://www.instagram.com/p/BMe64WEDb5a/?taken-by=harinzeyart&hl=en
9. Big ups to this guy and all other talented Nigerian artists doing great things.