I spent the day stretching a bunch of the painting I acquired in Kenya. I just ordered the stretcher bars off frenchcanvas.com, bought a staple gun at the TrueValue down the street, and occasionally used the landlord's right angle square, though a tape measure to test both diagonals would do the trick. I suppose I had to live in East Africa to acquire the art as well.
My friend EK is trying to
build a library
in Busia, Kenya, where she and I once lived at the same time. To raise
the funds for the library, she's teamed with some artists she met in
Kisumu. I finally met these artists earlier this year when I lived in
Kakamega, and I really like the work of one of them. Seth Amollo. So I
bought a few of his paintings. Look for him at the Coca Cola stand by the Impala Park in Kisumu if you happen to be in the neighborhood.
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| Seth Amollo |
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| Fish Ladies (AL bought this one she visited) |
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| Women Drawing Water. Man, I should really just wait until tomorrow when I can take pictures of these outside, because the colors come out horrible indoors. They're all really bright (see above.) |
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| Bicycle Taxi |
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| | | This is by a different artist. He sells at the main Masai Market in Kisumu. |
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| Moonshine |
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| The rest are obviously not paintings. But I stretched a couple of these colorful sheets of fabric anyway. I'm using a few as window drapes. I've got a bunch of extra if any friends want some cheap and easy wall hangings. |
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| The flag of the Fruitarian Republic of Pineapplestan |
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| Nice South Lakes High School colors |
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| As to what all these Swahili sayings mean, your ability to use Google Translate is just as good as mine. |
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| I brought this back from Tanzania in '06. |
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