1st PLACE: Student Artist Category
NAME: Brian Okello
TITLE: Morning Frenzy
MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas
DIMENSIONS: 45 x 60 cm
ARTWORK DESCRIPTION: Morning Frenzy is inspired by the basic things that are part of the morning routine for the average Nairobian. Familiar symbols signaling the start of the day.
ARTIST PROFILE: Brian is a self-taught artist based in Kibera. His greatest artistic inspiration comes from the dynamic lives and culture of Nairobians.
NAME: Brian Okello
TITLE: Morning Frenzy
MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas
DIMENSIONS: 45 x 60 cm
ARTWORK DESCRIPTION: Morning Frenzy is inspired by the basic things that are part of the morning routine for the average Nairobian. Familiar symbols signaling the start of the day.
ARTIST PROFILE: Brian is a self-taught artist based in Kibera. His greatest artistic inspiration comes from the dynamic lives and culture of Nairobians.
Judges' Quotes
This piece displays an eloquence of execution.
This work captures a familiarity we can all relate to, and is delivered with technical skill, using a simple assembly of things that you will find in any Nairobi home. The artist’s technical skill, the materials, and the media… this is one piece you look at and immediately feel the potential in terms of the artist’s storytelling.
We are impressed by this work simply because of its technical skill. It is very well executed especially for its scale, the way the artist has used light and captured detail. The artist pulls together items which anyone living in Nairobi would be familiar with. They reflect a certain experience – a person getting ready for a day at school or at work.