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ony Waite is a former West Coast painter and sculptor who has
lived in Kenya since 1962. She is a co-founder of Gallery Watatu.
Jony is one of the most industrious, popular and famous artist
in East Africa and a pursuant of the Japanese action brush painting
and Suna technique.
She studied fine art at the universities of Hawaii, California
and Institute de Artes de san Miguel de Allende, Mexico and later
in Japan and Hong Kong. She Jony Waiteis well known for her beautiful
oils and watercolours of the bush, and for her pioneering work
with women's artist groups in Athi River and Lamu. She has done
many art exhibitions in Kenya, Europe, U.S.A. and Japan. Her major
commissioned works are the steel sculptures at Need house, murals
at the NileStars tours offices, Hilton and the New Stanley hotels
in Nairobi and Watamu Hotel in Mombasa among many in private and
public premises the world over.
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Jony
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