Eritrea: "Freedom, That's What Art Is" Painter Robel Solomon allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Meet Robel Solomon, a painter who grew up playing around the studio of his uncles, two famous Eritrean painters, Michael Adonai and Berhane Adonai. Inspired by his uncles, Robel learned how to paint and enjoyed experimenting with different styles of painting when he was a child. Through his artistic works he was able to get international recognition by participating in art competitions.
Robel Solomon was fortunate to be born into a family that has renowned painters in the country. He grew up watching art, painting. Most of his childhood memories are in a studio.
He said, “Being raised by painters was a privilege. I grew up learning all the steps one by one. I was shaped to be a painter when I was a child.”