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An example of work by Sam Adoquei
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Sam Adoquei has painted all of his life. As a child growing up in Ghana he painted movie posters to advertise for the theaters. After a move to Nigeria he secured a job in commercial art where he painted billboards.
When he was 18 he moved to Italy to pursue an education in art. It was in Italy that he became aware of the power of art. He was commissioned by a couple to paint a Madonna. After the couple had taken home the painting they invited Adoquei to dinner. The artist was surprised to see the painting hanging above a devotional table. It was at that moment that he realized the capacity of art to move the viewer.
Within a few years Sam Adoquei moved to America where he is now a United States citizen. Though multi-lingual Adoquei was unable to secure a teaching job due to his difficulties with English. He began teaching workshops on his own which became very popular. Today Adoquei teaches at the National Academy of Design and also takes on apprentices for intensive one on one training.
Sam Adoquei's distinguished career includes many honors including a Portrait Award from The Artist's Magazine annual competition, a Gold Medal in Oil Painting and Best Traditional Oil Painting at the 42nd and 43rd annual Knickerbocker Exhibitions.
The artist's triptych painting, "The Legacy and Burial of Martin Luther King Jr.", completed in 1998, was reproduced in the "New York Times", June 19, 2003, as part of an article on an exhibition focused on King at the Smithsonian's S. Dillon Ripley Center in Washington DC.
Source: Plein Air Magazine, June 2005
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