Albert Mubatsa

MY STORY:

I was born in Masvingo, a small city in

Zimbabwe. My career as an artist began

way before i was born, as my father was

an artist and architecture. Sadly, i never

got to see him work as he passed on

when i was only 3. The artworks he left

behind greatly motivated me to grab my

pencil and get to work from a young

age. I would take them to school and

brag about them to my friends, which

let me to lose all of them. Throughout

primary and secondary school, i was

always the best artist in school, mostly

focusing on cartoons and cars. This

proved to hinder my progress as had no

motivation to improve because i was

always the best.

In my first year, at college, where i was

studying Electrical Engineering, i met a

friend who was way better than me.

This was my turning point, as he

inspired me to improve and become the

best version of me. I started taking art

seriously, and my improvement has

been astronomical eversince. I got into

wildlife art in 2018, and this has been

my trade eversince. Contrary to popular

beleif, art and Engineering were

complementary, and i would use art to

cool down from the stresses associated

with engineering. In 2020, i then

decided to specialise in computer

programming, then also further

specialised in Artificial Intelligence and

data analytics. At around this time, I

also realised that the only way to keep

my passion (art) alive, was to be a

freelance programmer and a full time

artist, a decision which got me criticized

a lot by friends and family alike, but it's

a decision that i'm proud of and don't

regret.