🔥 RARE African Nigerian Modern Abstract Portrait Painting, Lawal SULEIMAN

This is a fascinating and expressive RARE African Nigerian Modern Abstract Portrait Painting, Oil on Black Velvet, by esteemed Nigerian Modernist painter and muralist, Lawal Suleiman (b. 1966.) This artwork depicts the highly abstracted portrait of a mother holding her infant child, rendered in a kaleidoscopic array of colors and tendrils of kinetic brush strokes. The bold and bright pigments are rendered in stark relief of the jet-black canvas, creating a bold and ethereal visual effect. Signed and dated: "Lawal Suleiman '17" in the lower right corner. This impressive and large artwork is approximately 35 1/8 x 43 1/8 inches (including frame.) Very good condition, with faint scuffing and edge wear to the sleek modernist frame. Acquired from the affluent deceased estate of an African American art collector in Los Angeles County, California. Suleiman's original paintings are very seldomly available outside of his home country of Nigeria. This piece was likely purchased in Africa and shipped back to the United States, at an exorbitant financial cost. Due to the large size and weight of this piece, S&H costs will be unavoidably high. However, Free Local Pickup from Los Angeles County, California is also an option. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! About the Artist: Lawal Suleiman is a self-trained artist who started painting from childhood. He studied Business Administration before embarking on a career in Banking and Finance. He continued to paint on the side and after 12 years in banking, he resigned to concentrate full-time on his art. His works evoke African Heritage and Culture especially that of the Hausa Fulani of Northern Nigeria. Lawal has taken part in several exhibitions across Nigeria including the first Openspace Exhibition, and his works can be seen in private collections as well as International Hotels and Government Buildings Lawal Suleiman comes from Saulawa province in Katsina local government state Nigeria, he was born on the 7th, December,1966. He is a HND graduate in Business Administration, worked with United Bank for Africa plc (UBA,between 1989 -2001.)Later on, Lawal decided to abandon his banking carrier, where he voluntarily resigned from his job and embraced his passion for creative arts as a means for livelihood/ being self-employed.Lawal is a naturally talented/self-taught Artist, who is now operating in his Saulawaarts gallery studio based in Kaduna state Nigeria. "The Openspace project is a collective of Artists - Writers, Painters, Musicians, Fashion Designers, Sculptors, Architects, Graphic Designers, Foodies, Photographers, Performers, Content/Concept Creators and Developers, Readers, Film Makers, Techies, Thinkers and Entrepreneurs…that share ideas and work on personal and collaborative projects. The strategy is to provide a platform for creative minds to meet and collaborate on the newest and most innovative approaches to effect a positive impact on society. A fresh new movement that seeks to develop the arts in Nigeria and turn it into a vibrant international concern. As a project created to assist creatives to access an ‘open space’ for producing top quality works, Ilmihouse and Fifth Chukker Polo and Country Club are greatly excited to partner in the very first ‘Openspace’ Exhibition."