Born in 1996 in KwaZulu Natal and came to Soweto, where my love for art grew even more. I then went to Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg to train as a printmaker and improve my artistic skills. Painting and drawing are my main media of interest. My art is inspired by the internal and external experiences I have had and am currently experiencing in my life and the people around me, and it has also inspired me to change. These portraits and figures are a dialogue with the people around me. I explore the world as a man trying to navigate life and dealing with emotions. I apply thick layers of paint and use impasto as a technique to achieve the feeling I’m trying to relay. The butterfly in my work represents hope and change that resides within us. One encounters a butterfly as a motif through my work as a symbol which recognises, change and conquers circumstance. In my work, how hood can serve as an antidote, a symbol andan instrument that people can turn to in whichever circumstance they find themselves in. I don’t give facial definition in some paintings, that is to give space for imagination from the viewer, to see themselves in a painting, to interact with a painting on a deeper level. Mostly focused on portraiture or semi-nude figures, as I believe that is our most intimate state