Young artist wows social media with artworks [photos]

A 28-year-old Nigerian man, Alex Peter Idoko, is creating amazing arts through wood burning, pencil, among others – Alex said he has always had a passion for drawing portraits since he was little and has been developing it –

With his pieces already exhibited in some very important places, the artist keeps using his art to showcase human realities.

A young Nigerian man, Alex Peter Idoko, has amazed social media users with his artworks using a razor blade and sandpaper on burnt wood. His works can be found on Instagram. Some of his pieces shared online showcase people with varying emotions.

His public profile describes him as a skilled self-taught artist. Born in Lagos in 1992, the 28-year-old Nigerian discovered his skill when he was little, a passion he grew up into developing.

His amazing portrait drawing started when he was in secondary school. He sharpened his craft through different mediums like pastel, pencil, pen, and the use of a razor, sandpaper, and burner, an art called pyrography.

Themes in his work are corruption, conflict, and other issues affecting society. Alex once bagged an Award of Excellence at the 2016 Benue Youth Choice Awards. “My inspiration sometimes is an unconscious burst of creativity in art that originates from the mind and intertwines with an unusual history in a figurative sense that mentally stimulates my viewers,” he said

Source: LegitNG