Somolekae�s art mimic photographic moment

In a village called Molepolole south of Gaborone, a young boy once asked his mother if it was possible to draw a person exactly the way they are. The mother told her son that it was impossible to portray an image the way a photograph does. The young boy swore to this day that he would one day draw a picture perfect image and prove his mother wrong.

Now after many years of developing his technique, 24-year-old, Baboloki Somolekae has unleashed the craftsmanship in his subtly accurate artwork. He is now close to perfection and he has taken realism to the next level. When Arts and Culture stumbled upon his work at Thapong Visual Arts this week, it almost looked like he had carved a photograph on canvas. In an interview, Somolekae said his work is not the work of computer software as one may assume.