Portrait artworks of nigerian artist painter ayeola ayodeji

... Wow... Breathtaking!

Used to be the best art student at almost every school I attended. Even when I dropped arts, I still designed cards for my friends and they all got perfect scores when others were getting far less. On one occasion after designing a card for my friend the teacher taught she (my friend) had to seek the services of a professional for it because they all taught it was too good to be designed by a student.

On another occasion, when I was in JS2, we had calligraphy and Gothic lettering assignments and the fine arts teacher had warned that it was better to opt for another since Gothic was too difficult as it had to be properly arranged in between the lines. I chose Gothic, did it and got the perfect score too. Some did Gothic too but didn't get good scores. Surprisingly, the teacher returned all the drawing books but didn't return mine. I was surprised cuz I was sure I submitted mine. So I went to ask her for it. That was when she told me she had been looking for me and that she was going to punish me for letting someone else do the assignment for me. I tried convincing her that I did it myself but she never believed until my friends made her believe.

Anyways the whole point here is that I was never appreciated as an artist by my father and brother and in fact my father began to somewhat scold me for drawing because he wanted me to be a doctor. Infact the day i told my dad I wasn't going to study medicine he didn't sleep for one week. Eventually I gave up on drawing/art and its been years since I did.

I'm pretty sure that is how Nigeria has lost the likes of Leonardo DA Vinci, Michael Angelo and all others who could have been great sportsmen, musicians, scientists etc in various fields other than what their parents intended for them.