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Jennifer Mitton
Vancouver
Vancouver
For Sale - Inquire
Framed
36 by 30 in.
Acrylic on Canvas
Framed
36 by 30 in.
Acrylic on Canvas
| Jennifer Mitton Vancouver | |||
| Primary School, Nigeria | ||||
For Sale - Inquire Framed 36 by 30 in. Acrylic on Canvas | ||||
| Style: | Interpretative |
| Subject: | Figurative |
| Year Created: | 2007 |
| Description: | A classroom in the underdeveloped north-east of Nigeria, where Christian and Muslim converts lived together with the strong Bachama people who resisted both Christian and Muslim invasion. Children sat on rocks in classrooms and most did not have books or pens. Nevertheless they trekked 2 to 5 miles to attend school, where they sat on rocks on a sandy concrete floor. |
| Artist's Comments: | My goal is to reveal the essential gesture, that combination of gesture and movement that leads the viewer to conclude: this is truthful. This is the way things are, and with all the sadness, there can be beauty |