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The Singing Diva!

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ARTIST PROFILE Seasoned painter Sammy Lutaya is ranked as one of Kenya’s most prolific visual artist and illustrators. Besides painting and creating artwork to highlight contemporary socio-economic and cultural issues, Sammy has participated at various cultural exchange workshops and exhibitions in different regions of the world. Across Africa, his works have been showcased in Nigeria, Mauritius, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Sammy has also exhibited beyond the continent in Italy, Australia, and Pakistan. Sammy has been commissioned on numerous occasions to create paintings for charity. He donates his works for auctions with the proceeds raised given to specific worthy causes. In the year 2010, for example, his art was auctioned by Nairobi Hospital to raise funds for children with heart conditions. In addition to the Nairobi Hospital, Sammy has also been commissioned by a variety of public and private institutions including: The Nairobi Women’s Hospital, Steadman Group (now Ipsos Synovate), Kenya Commercial Bank, BP Shell, Airtel Communication Networks, Radio Africa Group, Kenya Revenue Authority, Uganda Revenue Authority, State House Nairobi, The Youth Fund and Office of the County Government of Nairobi. Most recently, the office of Director of Public Prosecutions commissioned an artwork titled “PORTRAIT OF THE KING” which was presented to the visiting Attorney General of Qatar H.E (Dr) Ali Bin Fetais Al-Marri. Sammy is very passionate about art and has been a full time artist for over 20 years. He has won accolades for his art including nomination to the prestigious Sovereign African Art Award in 2012. Sammy’s latest series of Artwork is aptly named ‘Colour Attitude’. THE SINGING DIVA! Though I love listening to all manner of music, ''The Singing Diva!'' was Inspired by watching and listening to Burundian Musician Khadja Nin Performance. I wanted to celebrate and bring out the beauty of the African woman in my own way using colours, lines and movement. Flawless flowing beauty, Amazement meets spectacular, The rhythm of life beats within her smile, As the warm colours dance in her might, she is love personified. Her culture is gracefulness, her tradition empowering, her stories are inspiring. We celebrate her, we are rooting for her, the African woman lives in our hearts and soul as the gold standard to greatness!