ARTISTIC INFLUENCES

My work is influenced by African artists who explore culture, identity, and expressive visual language. One of these artists is Malangatana Ngwenya, whose symbolic and expressive paintings reflect social and cultural narratives in Mozambique. I am also inspired by Ablade Glover in terms of color usage and Stella Atal, whose work engages with themes of African identity and everyday life through strong color and composition. These artists encourage me to explore form, narrative, and cultural context within my own practice in drawing, painting, and photography.

MALANGATANA NGWENYA

MALANGATANA NGWENYA
CRY FOR FREEDOM, 1973
OIL ON CANVAS

STELLA ATAL

STELLA ATAL
HUNTERS, 2003
ACRYLICS ON CANVAS

ABLADE GLOVER

ABLADE GLOVER
CROWD, EARLY 2000s
OIL ON CANVAS

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ARTIST'S STATEMENT

I am a visual artist working across drawing, painting, and photography. My artistic practice is largely informed by cubist principles, where I explore form, structure, and multiple perspectives to reinterpret subjects in dynamic and fragmented ways. Through my work, I am interested in observing and translating the visual world into compositions that emphasize shape, line, and spatial relationships. My drawings and paintings often reflect a cubist approach, allowing me to break down and reconstruct forms to reveal deeper visual and conceptual layers. Alongside drawing and painting, photography forms an important part of my creative process. It serves both as a tool for documentation and as a medium through which I explore composition, light, and narrative in everyday environments. The development of each piece involves an iterative process of observation, experimentation, and refinement. Compositions evolve through the manipulation of line, plane, and spatial relationships, allowi...

PAINTING

Painting allows me to explore color, form, and composition in more expressive ways. In this body of work, I experiment with structure and perspective, often influenced by cubist approaches that break down and reconstruct forms. Through painting, I investigate how color, shape, and spatial relationships interact to create dynamic visual compositions. SOME OF MY WORKS. THEME; SYMBOLS OF BELONGING IN BUGANDA TITLE; UNDER THE FLAG MEDIUM; ACRYLICS ON CANVAS SIZE; 72 INCHES BY 48 INCHES KELLY LUZIGE, 2026 THEME; SYMBOLS OF BELONGING IN BUGANDA TITLE; THE ROYAL TOTEM MEDIUM; ACRYLICS ON CANVAS SIZE; 72 INCHES BY 48 INCHES KELLY LUZIGE, 2026 THEME; INCLUSIVITY AND EQUITY TITLE; SKIN OF MANY TRUTHS MEDIUM; OIL ON CANVAS SIZE; 46.8 INCHES BY 33.1 INCHES KELLY LUZIGE, 2025 THEME; CULTURAL HERITAGE AND IDENTITY OF THE KARAMAJONGS TITLE; HERITAGE IN MOTION MEDIUM; OIL ON CANVAS SIZE; 46.8 INCHES BY 33.1 INCHES KELLY LUZIGE, 2026

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