Officially opening the event Thapong Visual Arts Centre treasurer Mesh Moeti described the artist as a very accomplished and a fine painter."Having been an admirer of Wilson's art for a long time, I have seen his work develop with time to a point where he is today a very accomplished and prolific painter," Moeti said.Losing his mother at a tender age, while still at junior secondary school, might have had a big impact on Ngoni's artistic vision.Moeti noted that having been born to a single mother, Ngoni was not only robbed of a parent but also a cheerleader, and a friend as well as the innocence and comfort of youth.
As such he was forced to transform from a boy into a man overnight, which meant he had to earn a living."He turned to art and by selling paintings he helped augment the support his family got from social workers. It was not easy but he managed to do well in his studies and proceeded to Moeding College," Moeti said. Following a successful completion of secondary education where he emerged with good grades, Ngoni was admitted at Molepolole College of Education (MCE) for further studies but chose to follow his passion and chose not to enrol."There is a book by one of Africa's greatest statesmen that carries the title Very Brave Or Very Foolish. I do not know where to place Ngoni's decision. But I think it was one of the two," Moeti said. He chose to sell paintings and enter art competitions for survival, an undertaking that proved very challenging, as there were several dry spells though he won many of those competitions.
