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Michael Adonai is an eminent visual artist (painter) in Eritrea. I have known him since he started painting and have witnessed quick and steady progress. Michael is largely a self-taught painter with admirably high aesthetic taste and very fine strokes. His early works mainly reflect his experience as a freedom fighter and portray the plights, hopes, aspirations and fortitude of the Eritrean people during difficult times. Recently, Michael has been engaged in evolving his own style in art, based on the traditional painting in Eritrea known as Coptic art. I have always appreciated his art for the elegant combination of ideas and color harmony, a manifestation of his envied talent. The various prizes he was awarded are a testimony to his quality as an artist. No wonder, Michael Adonai has been selected by an international jury to represent Eritrea in the U.N. sponsored Global Art Exhibition. Solomon Tsehaye Poet / writer |
