Sane Wadu
Painter, from Kenya
Sane Wadu Mbugua
Date of Birth - 1954
Sex - Male
Born - Kenya
After completion of my secondary education in 1976, I worked as a teacher and later a court clerk, briefly, before teaching again. I tried to vent my feelings about our rotten society through prose, which is not yet published. Then I changed from writing to the best suitable media - painting!
In the beginning, I painted on anything that came my way, from my personal wear to plastic sheets. The community pointed an accusing finger at me the mad man, especially for giving up a secure career as a teacher and a clerk in pursuit of painting, which they considered as of no consequence. In response, I proved my sanity, which I have guarded to date.
After much use of watercolor and house paint, I later took up oils and moved from clothing and plastic as a support to paper and canvas. This was around 1984-5. Currently I have the courage to boast as a successful professional artist represented by the famous gallery in Eastern Africa, Gallery Watatu as well as the Gallery of Contemporary East Aftrican Art, at the National Museum of Kenya, and at my Studio Gallery in Naivasha, Kenya. I also conduct communal Art workshops and continually work with students. My paintings are also in many private collections of contemporary art, with notables like Jacques Soulilou, Robert Loder of the Triangle Artist Network; the late Ruth Schaffner, Gallery Watatu; late Sam Francis, San Francisco, Califoirnia; Mbari Institute for Contemporary African Art, Washington, DC.
Date of Birth - 1954
Sex - Male
Born - Kenya
After completion of my secondary education in 1976, I worked as a teacher and later a court clerk, briefly, before teaching again. I tried to vent my feelings about our rotten society through prose, which is not yet published. Then I changed from writing to the best suitable media - painting!
In the beginning, I painted on anything that came my way, from my personal wear to plastic sheets. The community pointed an accusing finger at me the mad man, especially for giving up a secure career as a teacher and a clerk in pursuit of painting, which they considered as of no consequence. In response, I proved my sanity, which I have guarded to date.
After much use of watercolor and house paint, I later took up oils and moved from clothing and plastic as a support to paper and canvas. This was around 1984-5. Currently I have the courage to boast as a successful professional artist represented by the famous gallery in Eastern Africa, Gallery Watatu as well as the Gallery of Contemporary East Aftrican Art, at the National Museum of Kenya, and at my Studio Gallery in Naivasha, Kenya. I also conduct communal Art workshops and continually work with students. My paintings are also in many private collections of contemporary art, with notables like Jacques Soulilou, Robert Loder of the Triangle Artist Network; the late Ruth Schaffner, Gallery Watatu; late Sam Francis, San Francisco, Califoirnia; Mbari Institute for Contemporary African Art, Washington, DC.
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