Digital paintings exhibition suffers patronage mishap
Not so much for the iPad-Picassos in Malawi if last Friday’s patronage at Nanzikambe Arts Cafe at a digital painting exhibition is anything to go by.
The new art form, which was presented to the arts cafe by Gary McGarva, did not receive a lot of support as conventional art forms do.
The exhibition, which was slated for 6pm, was shifted to 7:30pm due to low patronage. At 8pm, a few art lovers trickled into the venue.
The exhibition had paintings that were originally sketched on paper, but were scanned and painted on a computer.
McGarva told On the Arts that the process of painting one portrait takes not less than 30 hours.
“These paintings were created with inspiration from various situations, anything that surrounds me can spark inspiration to paint,” said McGarva.
One if the series of his paintings portrays the boredom of routine in life events. Another one is a portrait of UK pubs, which were to be demolished because of low patronage.
“These pubs have become useless because it is expensive to drink in a pub, so they are being demolished and I wanted to keep a painted record of them,” he said.
