David turns passion into vocation

Friday, September 20, 2019

David is currently working on hosting a collaborative exhibition at Thapong with a fellow artist. PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

For someone who started taking fine art seriously in 2015 when he completed his high school examinations, Mandipa David is now committed than ever to the course.

The 23-year-old man uses different mediums from drawing to painting to do his work.

“I do abstract and concentrate more on landscapes because I am mostly inspired by nature. That’s how I express my feelings as an artist, it you take a look at most of my paintings, they are dominated by nature such as wildlife,” David told Arts & Culture in an interview at Thapong Visual Arts Centre where he is based.

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