Meru

The Meru couple” painting of Mzee Mtemi Ntocecebere and his first wife is intense. He was polygamous and married a second wife. At an unknown time, they were raided by the Samburu who stole everything. After this, the second wife went into depression and the first wife took care of her until her death.

At the time of this painting, Mzee had gone back to the first wife, this painting was done in her

A broken calabash dominantes the foreground. This calabash was infested by termites had an inner meaning to the artist who viewed it as symbolic of the turbulent marriage. .

Size: 120 x 90cm