This rising painter reimagines Renaissance art in a cocoa plantation in Cameroon

A new gallery show in London features the paintings of Marc Padeu, playing with themes from Renaissance art and bringing them to his homeland of Cameroon.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3200x2703+0+0/resize/3200x2703!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2e%2F2b%2F0fc1a368416e9cad4ed383d5c263%2Fmarc-padeu-sous-le-poids-de-la-coupe.jpg' alt='Marc Padeu, a painter from Cameroon, draws inspiration from Renaissance art brought into an African landscape. The above painting is title "Sous le poids de la coupe" — under the weight of the cup.'/><p>A new gallery show in London features the paintings of Marc Padeu, playing with themes from Renaissance art and bringing them to his homeland of Cameroon. </p><p>(Image credit: Copyright The Artist)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-137636' />