CANOE CROSSING

Acrylic painting

from the "Life Along Nigerian Rivers" series

Where my parents live in Niger State, Nigeria (about an hour out of the town of Kontagora), you have to cross a river in order to get to their house among the Avadi people. In the rainy season you have to take a canoe across, because the water depth can fluctuate between 5ft and 20ft depending on the rains. Makes life interesting!