Dichaba and Seabo are both secondary school art teachers. They expressed their disappointment as members of the public did not turn up for the exhibition during the opening night. The two artists are graduates of the Molepolole College of Education (MCE). Dichaba said that they have been participating in art competitions since their school days. The paintings vary from portraits of African women and children to scenes of every day life and society in action. Seabo said that he likes to paint women and children because in most cases they are the most vulnerable to poverty, disease and abuse. He also said that he likes to paint images that show traditional imagery like people wearing traditional attires and dancing around fires.
Some of his paintings show women engaged in domestic chores or fetching water from the river. Dichaba said that his paintings are inspired by nature and the images of every day life. Sometimes he just paints images that are not easily recognised, he says art must challenge individuals to think. "Art is open to interpretation, "he quipped. Dichaba said that the public is not knowledgeable about art and this is why many people did not turn up for their exhibition. "It is disappointing, even the students at schools do not show interest in art. If we were hosting another type for art form, like music, a lot of people would have attended. Batswana artists can do better when they sell their work in other countries because people in this country do not support local artists," he said. Seabo said that selling art locally is not easy since customer, want paintings for very little money. "People do not understand the hard work and passion that goes into creating a single painting. It can take up to one week to create one painting. The prices for our painting range from P50 to P950 and most customers find our paintings very expensive," said Seabo.
