Keabetswe captures expressions through facial portraits

Keabetswe is also in the process of setting up an online store to sell his artworks
Keabetswe is also in the process of setting up an online store to sell his artworks

Fine artists capture expressions in various forms and for 19-year-old University of Botswana student Oteng Keabetswe, he fell in love with drawing human portraits from a young age and it is now his trademark.

From drawing Spiderman cartoons to impressing his age mates during his early childhood days to a refined fine artist he is now, the young man who hails from Tutume said he had never felt prouder. 

Even though the fine artist explores other art categories like surrealism and wildlife,  he revealed to Arts & Culture that 90% of his artworks were portraits that captured moods and expressions.

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