GODFREY NDABA PASTELS

Godfrey Ndaba. Current Residence: Soweto, Johannesburg. Year of birth: 1947 -His fascination with art started at a very early age. Every time it rained he would draw faces in the mud. Painting became almost an obsession and Godfrey started making portraits of all his family and friends - the artistic flair expanding into sculpture as he formed images of cattle and people from clay dug out of the nearby river. 
He attended primary school in Soweto, and went to the Jubilee Art Centre twice a week after school, studying under Artists such as Cecil Skotness and Sidney Khumalo. After completing a teacher’s course he went on to study at the “Ndaleni Art School” in Kwazulu-Natal. His first major success was for a sculpture entered in a competition at Fort Hare University - the winning exhibit is now kept in the University Museum. Regarded as one of the best Soweto and South African artists, Godfrey passes his skills and techniques on to those he teaches. 
He has a studio in Johannesburg, where he runs art classes for young Africans who are interested in learning about art. Godfrey encourages his students to approach art as observing life and the environment around them, capture what they see as they see it, and to use their art as an outlet for their emotions and frustrations. He teaches both sculpture and painting, and discourages them from selling their work until they are competent and comfortable with what they produce. 
He helps them to develop their own style. One of his previous students is currently teaching art in Germany, having exhibited extensively throughout Europe and the USA. Although his success has flourished, Godfrey remains keen to exhibit his works in the township where he grew up and has began presenting garden art exhibitions, which has proved to be a refreshing experience for the new at art. 
Godfrey Ndaba’s work has been sold in Germany, Israel, Greece, United States and South Africa. Today Godfrey Ndaba’s work features in many collections, including the private collection of Thabo Mbeki, the ex-president of South Africa. 

Pastels on Paper 42cm x 30cm

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