Time for reminiscence this week as I met up with my artist friend, Dale. It’s been some years since we joined forces to produce a couple of pieces like this. The intention was to create posters combining Dale’s art and my words. Perhaps one day, we’ll do more.
Dale specialises in painting portraits, many of them, like this study, showing the people he met during his years in Kenya, but also — in his own words — “others who have helped shape my understanding of the world, the writers, artists, poets, philosophers, activists and music makers who have become a part of my life”.
Dale’s an extraordinarily prolific artist. You’ll find many more of his wonderful character studies through faces at his website, dalewebster.carbonmade.com. (A personal recommendation from me: check out the series entitled ‘Maasai Drought And Lamu‘.)
