01/11/23
Eliza DD

Nigerian Visual Artist Exceeds 72 Hours Mark Marathon Painting Challenge to make the Guinness world record
Lola Mewu as popularly called who is at the Safe House on Adeola Hopewell Street Victoria Island Lagos began the competition on Saturday October 28th 2023; hitting the time mark at 7pm on October 31st.
She however decided to continue painting to exceed her initial set target; to beat 70 year old Belgian painter Roland Palmaerts who has held the Guinness World Records title for 10 years.
Lagos State resident Nigerian lawyer cum visual artist, makeup artist Oyinlola Adeyinka Odumewu, who is on a mission to become the next Guinness World Records title holder for the longest painting time by an individual has surpassed her set target of 72 hours mark.
Palmaerts in October 2013 was certified as the Guinness World Records holder for the longest painting time by an individual following a marathon painting exercise that lasted October 3rd to the 5th 2013 in Arches, France.