Pandeinge switches up her style
Many know her as the girl who sketches but she has recently developed a new love for something bigger and challenging, still in the arts department.
Self-taught sketch artist Pandeinge Shambwila well known as Shwaty-P paired up with visual art student and artist Petrus Amuthenu AKA Jero whom have since conquered the art world together. Shawty-P says she never saw the need of working with someone else until she met Jero. “I didn't see much need to reach out to other artists before, but I do now, as one gets to realise that you can't win alone sometimes, a helping hand is always essential. Jero is very talented and with his help, I've realised how good I was getting, because he encourages me to use mixed media and such, unlike back then when I used to be scared to use different art mediums when painting or drawing. I'm comfortable with that now, plus he encourages me to work harder, as he is a very hardworking artist himself,” said Shawty-P.
Their first big project together was a project conducted by Advantage Namibia and NamWater last year, which was a project set to help raise awareness on the water shortage and car washes water usage. The exhibition was a success and the mayor of Windhoek was present as well. “From there, we started collaborating on clients' artworks together, mostly portraits and random paintings. We also managed to sell artwork to some artists like Gazza and South African musician Cassper (portraits of themselves). We get to do portraits of a lot of prolific and well-known individuals too, which is always exciting and helps increase our artist profile,” said the proud Shawty-P.
Shawty-P said they had a very busy year when it comes to murals (wall art) which was something she hasn't doing before. They had requests from individuals wanting their houses painted with art, interior or external. “We received requests from certain schools too, bars, clubs. Our most recent project, which we did sometime in December 2016, was huge murals inside a new club in Ongwediva, called Levels Night Club previously known as Lollipop from back in the day which just got back in business now - it was a success,” said Shawty-P.
Shawty-P laughed off the idea of being a solo artist reasoning that two heads are better than one. The duo says they have no target market and everyone is welcome to ask for their help. “Everybody, from individuals to businesses, because they all have different types of ideas to put on the table, which in return, helps us too,” said Shawty-P who says she plans on working more with business individuals or companies rather than random clients. “It's a wise step to take, if I am planning on taking this to greater heights.”
The two can be contacted on Instagram user names: Pandeinge Shawty_P1 &Jero GS AmuthenuJeronometry and on Facebook: PandeingeShawty-P Moses &JeronomeryMwinomaAmuthenu
June Shimuoshili
Their first big project together was a project conducted by Advantage Namibia and NamWater last year, which was a project set to help raise awareness on the water shortage and car washes water usage. The exhibition was a success and the mayor of Windhoek was present as well. “From there, we started collaborating on clients' artworks together, mostly portraits and random paintings. We also managed to sell artwork to some artists like Gazza and South African musician Cassper (portraits of themselves). We get to do portraits of a lot of prolific and well-known individuals too, which is always exciting and helps increase our artist profile,” said the proud Shawty-P.
Shawty-P said they had a very busy year when it comes to murals (wall art) which was something she hasn't doing before. They had requests from individuals wanting their houses painted with art, interior or external. “We received requests from certain schools too, bars, clubs. Our most recent project, which we did sometime in December 2016, was huge murals inside a new club in Ongwediva, called Levels Night Club previously known as Lollipop from back in the day which just got back in business now - it was a success,” said Shawty-P.
Shawty-P laughed off the idea of being a solo artist reasoning that two heads are better than one. The duo says they have no target market and everyone is welcome to ask for their help. “Everybody, from individuals to businesses, because they all have different types of ideas to put on the table, which in return, helps us too,” said Shawty-P who says she plans on working more with business individuals or companies rather than random clients. “It's a wise step to take, if I am planning on taking this to greater heights.”
The two can be contacted on Instagram user names: Pandeinge Shawty_P1 &Jero GS AmuthenuJeronometry and on Facebook: PandeingeShawty-P Moses &JeronomeryMwinomaAmuthenu
June Shimuoshili
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