Evening Duty 1
Fishing is a common occupation in riverine areas. Umeh’s painting shows fishermen and women working in the late evening with the going down of the sun, as they try their luck on a final catch. Subsistent fishing to support oneself and the local community is also common in the hinterlands with few people and where […]
Order A PrintUmeh Bede Ifeanyichukwu was born on the 12th of February 1965 in Jos Plateau State, Nigeria. Umeh enrolled into the famous Yaba College of Technology Lagos where he graduated with a Higher National Diploma (HND) in painting. He worked briefly as an illustrator with Arbil, an advertising agency in Bodija Ibadan before retiring into full-time […]
Read moreFishing is a common occupation in riverine areas. Umeh’s painting shows fishermen and women working in the late evening with the going down of the sun, as they try their luck on a final catch. Subsistent fishing to support oneself and the local community is also common in the hinterlands with few people and where basic amenities like roads are often not available to aid in the transportation of farm produce and goods to big cities.