Kaye tinga biography

Tinga Tinga painting began with Edward Saidi Tingatinga, who was born in to a family of subsistence farmers in southern Tanzania. In he traveled to Dar-es-Salaam in search of work and labored at odd jobs in the construction industry until Impressed by the ease with which western style paintings by Zairian artists sold to tourists he decided to try his hand as a painter.

Since he could not afford to purchase art supplies, he began with scavenged materials, painting on discarded ceiling boards using dregs of bicycle enamel, household paint and old paintbrushes.

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Despite this unpromising beginning, he quickly developed a new and unique artistic style. His colorful, crowded paintings depicted fantastic animals and birds, dancing tribespeople and scenes of village life. His lack of formal training led to a simple, direct and naive approach to natural subjects, lacking in nuance and detail but bursting with exuberant life, whimsy and color.

The paintings sold well and Tingatinga r