“Unlike in the past when most parents disourage their wards from studying fine art in tertiary institutions, the decision to offer art is being encouraged by parents,who have come to terms with the reality on ground. This parental guardiance is what little Onarietta  Issabella Remet  must be enjoying. Little wonder at 18 months she has started painting abstract pieces, an aspect only tested artist find comfortable to handle.”

---The Daily Independent Newspaper,November 15,2006.E6

“Two-Year-Old Onarietta comes out with paintings experts say are deeper than some adults. She mixes colors. She carries her own pallet like a professional, and paint forms and symbols that one cannot write off as a toddler’s scrawls. Yet, Onarietta Remet is only 2-years old.”

----The Daily Punch Newspaper, Friday, December 29, 2006.Pg. 3

“Thirteen months ago, Lilian Remet was briskly working on her painting oblivious of what her 18months old  daughter, Onarietta, was up to. A loud bawl is what set Lilian off towards her kid, who she thought had enmeshed herself in paint. The infuriated mother was stunned at what she saw instead. Onarietta had steadily painted what many now say is a stunning work of art.”
---THISDAY Newspaper, Saturday Plus, December 2, 2006.PGS. 13/14

Amazing Story Of Onarietta Who Paints At 2 !
“Not even a doubting Thomas will be spared the astonishment that  immediately descend upon him, watching a two-year-old splashing her brush stroke like an adult artist on a piece of canvass. it’s for real, and such that can be likened to the “wonders of a girl-child”. O     narietta Remet bears the innocent mark of the goddess of the brush when it comes to painting.”

“Did she or did she not paint them? Onarietta Issabella Remet did. Her works, 16  paintings in all, were on display. Original , personal and strong in talent. And they are pieces that make one wonder and ponder: Not a child’s play.”

---The Guardian Saturday,December 16, 2006.Pg.14.

“History is being made with the brush of a two-and-a-half-year-old Onarietta Remet Amminisisi as she paints herself into recognition as Nigeria’s Youngest Exhibiting Artist. The kid artist, who painted her first professional work at 18months, is also the grand-daughter of Pa Ben Odiase, the composer of the Nigerian national anthem.”

---The Daily Sun Newspaper, Wednesday, November 29, 2006.Pg.33.

When Arts Becomes A Family Affair
“Pius and Lilian Remet are parents to Onarietta Remet, the youngest Nigerian artist. The wife, Lilian Remet, is daughter of Pa Odiase, the composer of the Nigeria’s national anthem. Coincidentally, the Remets family all happen to be artists though they did not plan it that way but destiny made it that way for them. And arts for them is the profession they use in projecting values that will make the family and the society at large to be a better place.”

---THISDAY ,The Sunday Newspaper, November 26, 2006.Pg.

Young and talented at birth, Onarietta may remain the youngest painter for a long time to shock the world with virgin talent. At her age, she demonstrates great skill in art that is uncommon among notable artists in Nigeria and, indeed, across the world. She was born into a family of creative artists and so has inherited the creative gene.”…her paintings deep in meaning, are unique, charming and appealing in the simplicity of their form, and directness.”

---The Sunday Vanguard, January 21, 2007. Pg. 34.

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