We are Blessed i

Moses Unokwah, a senior BOF consultant and present coordinator of Harmattan Workshop (Informal training initiative in Niger Delta) was born in the city of Lagos, in 1964. He is from Agenebode, Etsako East, in Edo State. He mastered the art of printmaking through his pupilage with the chimeric experimental artist, Bruce Onobrakpeya. He exploited limitless mediums to create his boundless art. His work is regarded for its graceful figurative lines and visual brilliance of the socio-political, cultural, and religious life in Nigeria. In this piece, Moses captures elderly new mothers in Nigeria, who through their feeble eyes and have endured and overcome the challenge of conceiving a child, and the blessing that comes eventually with childbirth. 'We are Blessed I' inspired by women who at one time couldn’t conceive but are later blessed with babies of their own, as well as, women who are still hoping to conceive and are praying fervently for the fruit of the womb. In Metal foil, his printmaking process, the engraved plate is printed on Aluminium foil before painting, or the drawings are carved out or engraved on POP and a cast is pulled from the mold which is laminated on a piece of plywood. Aluminum foil is placed on the laminated cast and burnished. The color on metal foil artworks undergoes a two-week process. Foil pieces are patinated to give a metallic finish of green and rust to simulate the Benin ancient bronzes.