Patrick Chuka

As a growing artist, my focus has always been on being experimental. I planned on spending my first 5 years trying out new techniques, also trying out new and unconventional medium, basically testing the waters and seeing what works best for me. Maybe by my 6th year in practise I'd be able to manipulate different mediums and techniques to create my unique style of art. I spent a year practising with pencils and oil paints. I learnt a lot, still learning. For months now, I've been coming  across portraits made with just a pen, it seemed painfully difficult to look at. I had so many questions and no answers. It took me weeks to make up my mind to try it and see how it goes or what it entails. I did a quick drawing of my hand. By quick, that is 50+ hours.😊 It wasn't perfect but I saw a lot of loopholes that needed filling. I made mistakes that were very avoidable. And I discovered a lot of short cuts which I manipulated into my second drawing done with a ball po...

I may never understand, truly, the inner disposition beneath all those curves; No one would ever understand the underlying strength in the homely smiles and motherly gestures; Point at that one who could understand that the female form is one of constant endurance of pain and suffering? The monthly menstrual cycle that comes with it excruciatingly painful cramps. The agony of having to push a lifeform from between your thighs, a slippery being slithered from between strained legs and sore privates. The long hours of endless screams to bring forth yet another individual. The endless juggling between family and work. Between friends and colleagues. Trying to balance being the perfect wife, amazing mum and endearing woman. Yet she maintains a certain kind of aura. Her beauty is still unfazed. Her smile never wanes. Her touch; feminine and intense, it can affect the shroudest soul and bend the toughest minds. Yet she maintains an enviable serenity, a sacredness that can only co...