David Kibuuka is one of the founding fathers of the modern batik art movement in East Africa. His development of a technique called “fragmentation”, coupled with his expert use of oils, acrylics, watercolors, pencil, and mixed media, on both canvas and fabrics; has distinguished him as a ground-breaking artist.
His paintings are collected by celebrity sports figures, actors, musicians, prominent business people and many who are simply in love with fine art. Basketball great Shaquille O’Neal and boxing legend Lennox Lewis, Pop and R & B icon Dionne Warwick, movie and TV actress, dancer and Oscars choreographer Debbie Allen, jazz and blues singer, Jackie Richardson are a few. It’s not hard to understand why. David Kibuuka’s vibrant, colorful pieces depict unforgettable scenes, people portraits and abstract interpretations of historical and contemporary life in Africa, one of the world’s most picturesque continents.
