Mutomba Pretoria, South Africa
MAKIWA
MUTOMBA
a self-taught painter was born in 1976 in Zimbabwe. He studied Electronic Engineering for three years before abandoning his studies, in 1999, to pursue his dream of becoming an artist. Now, living in South Africa, Makiwa paints in oils, and only uses a pallete-knife, painting under very dim lighting. He has been described as “an iconoclastic painter [...] whose signature style of heavy strokes evokes a kinetic sense of vigour, vibrancy and vitality.”- Alex Sudheim- Mail & Guardian
Top: The Swim Oil on canvas 79 x 79 cm or 31 x 31 in. Bottom: Orange Hat Oil on canvas 20 x 20 cm or 8 x 8 in.
Email: makiwa@makiwa.co.za Website: www.makiwa.co.za Tel.: +27 82 699 7724
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“ I believe a true work of art has a life and a soul. It is for posterity. Human as I am, I can only attempt to create it, I never quite succeed. For true art is not human, but divine. Nevertheless, it is that quest for a masterpiece that makes me who I am. That neverending search for the perfect picture, the definitive line, the ultimate poem, and above all, the truth. For the truth is more valuable than what we think we know. I paint pictures to give hope, joy, and meaning to the lives of those who see them. For beauty, I believe, is abounding in all creation. Even the humble, lowly, down-trodden and dirty have a beautiful story to tell. I will strive to show beauty where there is no beauty, and to show color where there is only black and white. ”