SETTLING TO THE CALL OF NATURE

A prophet has a special room where they consult their patients. A traditional doctor has the same room. These rooms are not the sort of rooms where you can casually walk in, and not feel any sort of emotion or a tingling. The rooms come with all sorts of rules of what to do and not do.

For Wilson Ngoni, he has his art sanctuary located at his base in Kopong. For a decade plus, this publication has published numerous stories about him. For a good majority of the interviews, it has always either been over the phone or face to face when he would have been available at Thapong Visual Arts Centre. Never had we set foot inside his shrine. This Tuesday morning, the BG Style team, comprising of a reporter and a photographer had an opportunity to see the magical studio where he creates and brings to life the many concepts that fill up his mind. The minute you step inside the studio, you feel like asking him to come outside for fear of contaminating the energy and vibe of his studio.

The room is surrounded by an invincible force yet not spooky or scary, there is a certain level of energy that those who have a third eye can pick instinctively. In the studio, one can pick that there are two palettes. One is for his children who have a keen interest in art, and another palette for Daddy.

On a daily basis, he has about ten visitors on average or more. On the days when he is chatting with the upcoming artists, he has a very long day, only starting to paint around 2100hrs and sleeping at around 0400hrs. This explains why it is not easy to have a face to face interview with him as he is always occupied, chasing and meeting deadlines.

In the studio, one finds dozens of his artworks. A good majority of these works are, in his own words, under