Soaring with art :: Mmegi Online

He may not be a face that you are familiar with or a name that you have heard but Olebogeng Qaeqhao Maaramele Moses is not someone you should brush aside. He has breached the international market, something that is close to impossible for local visual artists. Mmegi Staffer MOMPATI TLHANKANE interviewed the man to understand how he does it.

For more than 20 years now, Moses has never been anything but an artist. His journey in the world of visual arts unfolded in the year 1994 when he joined Kuru Development Trust. The then young Moses never knew that his talent would take him to places he had never been and meet people he never envisioned.

When Arts and Culture visited his studio at the Thapong Visual Arts Centre this week, the veteran painter was working on one of his latest artwork. Being a perfectionist painter himself, Moses was momentarily oblivious of our presence as he was giving undivided attention to a piece of artwork he was finishing up.

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