Ms Maya Angelou by T Arts in Smethwick

For as long as he can remember, Tonderai has been driven to create. Driven by an innate artistic impulse that compels him to interpret, translate and redefine the world around him in his own vibrant, visual terms. As a child he was initially influenced by comics, African design and graffiti art, before gradually immersing himself in African culture and deriving inspiration from his own heritage. Upon finishing college, Tonderai became a freelance design artist for a few years, but found that the level of expression graphic design afforded him stifled his natural creativity and left him largely unfulfilled. A renewed search for artistic development coincided with a profound cultural awakening within him, which led to Tonderai to refine his style and experiment with other artistic mediums.