Self-made artist who loves animal portraits to present one-man show at Sankara

Elijah Ooko paints pictures of animals. Wild ones to be precise. And yet, his subjects – be they lions, cheetahs or zebras – all look terribly tame, as if Ooko invited them for a sitting so he could paint their portraits in a way similar to how 18th artists painted portraits of the rich and famous.

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