 He paints at night and on weekends because of his full-time employment as the Artistic Director, and travels annually to the United States.Adenaike occasionally works with oils and acrylics but his preferred medium is watercolor, into which he incorporates numerous uli and akika designs; more recently, he has begun adding nsibidi motifs to his paintings.His designs are complex, and tend to be based on personal themes; much of his work is topical and deeply personal.