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Ng'ang'a Ndeveni
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Todd at The Stanley (Thorntree Cafe), in the heart of Downtown Nairobi |
Ng'ang'a Ndeveni
is a member of the Akamba tribe of Kenya. The Akamba are well-known for their
artistic talents and attention to the details of local Akamba life.
Born 40 years ago, Ndeveni started showing
interest in artwork during his early days of school. Everyday he would take a
pen and paper and create something new. He would take all of his sketches that
he produced (even during school), and show it to his teacher. The teacher
realized that Ndeveni had a lot of innate talent, so he was encouraged to
improve his works. As soon as Ndeveni started to create nicer pieces of art, the
teacher introduced him to leading art galleries in the capitol city Nairobi. One
of the gallery owners recognized his budding talent and offered him work at his
own studio. From this gallery he attained notoriety for his creativity and
attention to detail. From then on he never looked back.
Ndeveni started to produce some of the
highest-quality watercolors ever seen within Kenya art circle. Later on, he
started working with alternative mediums as well, like oils. However, he says of
his own works, "Watercolors give me more satisfaction and joy, and the ability
to put onto paper what is in my head. Every so often I visit game parks and my
tribal homeland to refresh my memories and revive my inspiration."
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Partially completed tattoo |
Ndeveni Artwork Becomes
Permanent Body Feature!
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Tattooed Ndeveni signature |
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Inside African Art was
approached with an intriguing project: Find Ndeveni and have him make some
sketches of a large elephant at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. If it
works, the artwork would be used as a tattoo. Ndeveni nailed it on the
first try, and just a few months later, our friend in Denmark is in the
process of being tattooed.
There is still another session
or two before the tattoo is finished - but my goodness - it's fantastic!
The tattoo artist is also very talented! |
The tattoo is finished - it's Unbelievable!
Many thanks to Alfred in Denmark for sharing
with us this incredible piece of body art.
He wrote:
It took another 7 hours of pain and this time it was quite
heavy. All in all he worked in 2 sessions 14 hours on my body and 3 hours
making the copy of the painting. It is I think perfect.
Click
on the image to enlarge - bravery and tremendous commitment. Impressive! |
Update - 10 May 2010: Ndeveni's
talents seem to get better and better. Here are his latest and greatest!
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Title: Cheetah on the Prowl
Dimensions: 10.5" x 15"
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Cost: $200 Special Price! |
Title: Tuskers
with Family
Dimensions: 15" x 11" (38 x 28cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $180 |
Title: Thomas
Gazelles Near Mt.Kilimanjaro
Dimensions: 21.75" x 7.5" (55 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $140 |
Title: Ahmed was
the Oldest
Elephant in Marsabit National
Reserve in Northern Kenya.
He enjoyed 24-hours armed guards following a presidential decree.
Dimensions: 15" x 11" (38 x 28cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $200 |
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Title: A Herd of
Elephants at the
Ewoso Nyiro River park in the Samburu Game Park. The Ololokwi Rocky
Mountain is in the Background and
Doum Palm in Foreground
Dimensions: 21.75" x 7.5" (55 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $140 |
Title: Zebras Near Mt. Kenya
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 |
Title: Elephant
Family Takes
Water Under Baobab
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 Sold! Jan '13 - And heading to
Illinois! Thanks Paulette! |
Title: Maasai
Morans Dancing
in Maasai Mara
Dimensions: 7.5" x 11" (19 x 28cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 |
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Title: Elephant Herd Taking
Water
Dimensions: 21.5" x 7.5" (55 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $140 Reduced! |
Title: Before the
Rain
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 |
Title: Lions Scouting for Food
in Maasai Mara
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 |
Title: Cape Buffalos in the
Savannah
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 |
Update - 5 May 2010: Here's more!
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Title: A Pride of Lions Spying
on Reticulated Giraffes
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 |
Title: Maasai
Morans Dancing
Near the Forest
Dimensions: 7.5" x 11" (19 x 28cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 |
Title: Zebras at
Amboseli National Park
in the shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 |
Title: A Mountain
Bongo with a calf up
the Abaderes Forest in Central Kenya
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 |
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Title:
From Amboseli
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 |
Title: Zebras Relaxing Under a
Thorntree in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve
Dimensions: 21.5" x 7.5" (55 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $140 Reduced! |
Title: A Rhino Wandering at
Maasai Mara Game Park
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 |
Title: Elephants at the Foot of
Mt. Kenya near the Equator
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5"
(28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 |
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Title: Buffalos
in a Waterhole
Dimensions: 15" x 11" (38 x 28cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $180 On reserve |
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Title: Maasai
Giraffe running across
the Amboseli game park and
Mt. Kilimanjaro in the background
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 Sold! 21
Dec '12 - Thanks 'anonymous'! |
26 January
'09 - Update: We were out, but now we are topped-up for a while. We
recently met with Ndeveni in Nairobi, in early January '09. He's a artistic
wizard! He talks fast, he's extremely prolific, and he has a passion for his
craft unlike any I have met.
He can talk about one painting, or
even a single animal's posture, and the way the sun reflects off it, the time of
day - for hours. In the painting 'Grazing Zebra in the Maasai Mara Game
Reserve', below, one of the zebras has turned its head in reverse - this
fascinated Ndeveni and he spoke of this particular zebra in great detail! A very
interesting guy - and a great talent!
The titles of the paintings are
written verbatim on the back of each painting, I did not make them up!
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Title: Lazy
Leopard
Dimensions: 21.75" x 7.5" (55 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $140 Sold! 10 Nov '10 - And heading to
Scotland. Thanks Dr. Williams! |
Title: Zebras in the Gamepark
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 Sold! |
Title: The
Ostrich Run at
Maasai Mara Game Park
Dimensions: 15" x 11" (38 x 28cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $180 Sold! 28 Aug '11 - To one of our
most enduring patrons of the website - and an avid collector with a keen
eye! Thanks Nigel! |
Title: An
Elephant Herd at the
Watering Hole Near Mt. Kenya
Dimensions: 21.75" x 15" (55 x 38cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $280 (large
size!)
Unavailable - Pole sana
Dennis! |
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Title: Cape
Buffalos By Mt. Kilimanjaro
Dimensions: 21.75" x 15" (55 x 38cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $280 Sold! 2 Sept '11 - To a long-time
patron of African fine arts and our website - adding to her collection.
Thanks Kelly! |
Title: A warthog
and its young ones dashes across the plains in the Amboseli game park with
Mt. Kilimanjaro in the background
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 Sold! 22 Dec '10 - On it's way to
Oregon. Zikomo and
Happy Holidays Carl! |
Title: A Maasai
Moran Takes
his Cattle to his Manyattas
Dimensions: 21.75" x 7.5" (55 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $140 Sold! 27th May 2010 - To a returning
customer from Northern Ireland - Thanks Patrick! |
Title: A Curious
Leopard on a Branch
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 Sold! 10 June '10 -
and on its
way to the person who has bought paintings from this website the longest -
since 2003. Thanks Nigel!
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Title: A Male
Leopard Relaxing
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 Sold! 2 Sept '11 - To a long-time
patron of African fine arts and our website - adding to her collection.
Thanks Kelly! |
Title: A Leopard up the Tree
branch
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 Sold! 2 Sept '11 - To a long-time
patron of African fine arts and our website -
adding to her collection. Thanks Kelly! |
Title: Warthogs
Feeding in the Wild
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 Sold! 22 Dec '10 - On it's way
to Oregon. Zikomo and
Happy Holidays Carl! |
Title:
Wildebeests crossing the
River Mara
from Serengeti game park
in Tanzania
to Maasai Mara game
Reserve in Kenya
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 |
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Title: Bachelor Elephants
roaming in the Amboseli Game Reserve
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 Sold! 1st March 2009 to a returning
customer - Thanks! |
Title: The Wildebeests (Gnu)
Crossing the River Mara during their annual migration from the Serengeti
game park to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 Sold! 12th Feb 2009 to a
wonderful client with a keen eye - Thanks! |
Title: Reticulated Giraffes
Dashes
in the Game Park
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 Sold! 12 Dec '10 - and on its way to
the UK. Thank you Alan! |
Title: Reticulated Giraffe,
Wildebeest, and Zebras in Maasai Mara Game Reserve
Dimensions: 21.5" x 7.5" (55 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $140 Reduced!
Sold! 21 June '10 - And off to New Jersey! Thanks Edna |
Ndeveni currently lives with his family in
Nairobi, Kenya.
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Title: Zebras Relaxing Under
Acacia Tree
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100
Sold! on 20th May '09 to a wonderful client -
Thanks! |
Title: Elephants Strolling
across Amboseli Game Park with Mt. Kilimanjaro in the Background
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 Sold! 20 Feb '09 - Yet another
super-speedy transaction by one of our favorite customers! Great gift!
Thanks! |
Title: Grazing
Zebra in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 Sold! 12th Feb 2009 to a wonderful
client with a keen eye - Thanks! |
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Title: Herd of Elephants Near
Mt. Kenya
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 SOLD! 9th July '08 - Thanks! |
Title: A Cheetah Surveying a
herd of Zebras
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100
Sold! on 20th May 2009 to a wonderful client - Thanks! |
Title: Reticulated Giraffe at
the Base of Mt. Kenya
Dimensions: 21.5" x 11" (55 x 28cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $260 Sold! 14 Oct '09 And on its way to
Texas! |
17 March
2007 - Update: Four more incredible Ndevenis for the fans of ultimate
realism and graphic colors.
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Title:
Zebra in Amboseli National Park
Dimensions: 15" x 11" (38 x 28cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $230 SOLD! May 5th and on it's way to
Canada-Thanks! |
Title: Watching
Gazelles
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (28 x 19cm)
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Cost: $100 Sold! 1 Dec '08 And on the way to
the Canary Islands! |
Update: 16
December 2005 - I have added the six more Ndevenis below. Of special
interest is the painting of Ahmed the elephant. As Ndeveni wrote on the back of
the painting: Ahmed was the largest and oldest bull
elephant in Kenya and he enjoyed a 24 hour armed security guarding decreed by
the president. Marsabit National Reserve is where he traversed. His remains are
preserved at the Kenya National Museum and his tusks are in the Statehouse
Nairobi.
24 October '05-The large
Ndeveni below has sold! Would you too like any of these paintings in your
home?
Make an
Offer!
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Title: A Pride of Lions Observing a Herd of Wildebeests in Maasai Mara Game
Park
(that's what it says on
the back of the painting)
Dimensions: 14.75" x 7.75"
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Sold! 14 April '07 - He made an offer we couldn't
refuse! |
If you are interested in any of these lovely
paintings, please write down the artist's name and the title of the painting -
then Click
here to Purchase.
Or, perhaps you would like to
Make an
Offer?
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