Chege Gitura, a square peg that won’t fit in a round hole, walks around his snazzy office without shoes. His jacket is off, but an odd scarf curls around his neck. He is an artist at heart. He started Chege Designers in the early 80s, soon after his undergraduate degree at University of Nairobi. Later in 2006, he did a Master’s degree in design). He paints and plays piano. The intrepid traveller is a father- of- three, one of whom he walked down the aisle a few months ago. He also collects lots of paintings from different artists locally and internationally.
He shows JACKSON BIKO one of his favourite paintings that employs the same style as Van Gogh (an impressionist style he also subscribes to) in a room in his office that he calls the “Thinking Room.” This is where he takes time to think, with his shoes off, most likely. He talks about living his life with his art.
