Reredos of Strathmore University Chapel

Reredos of Strathmore University Chapel  Michael Angelo Mbwele and Brigid Marlin  Location: Chapel, Phase one. Michael Angelo received his art training from his famous father, the late Expedito Mwebe Kibulla, an acclaimed pioneer East African Artist. Expedito nurtured his son’s talents from an early age and engaged him in many of his commissioned and private art works. Born in 1982 …

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The Guardian Angel of the Work

The Guardian Angel of the Work  Brigid Marlin Material: Oil on board Location: Chapel, Phase one.  Brigid Marlin is an American artist based in Hertfordshire, UK. She studied in Dublin, Montreal, New York, Paris and Vienna where, under the guidance of the Austrian artist Ernst Fuchs, she learned the oil and egg tempera technique of the Flemish and Italian Renaissance …

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Child Lost in the Temple

Child Lost in the Temple  Hilda van Stockum Material: oil on canvas Location: chapel, Phase one.  Hilda van Stockum was a noted author, illustrator and painter, whose work has won the Newbery Honor and the National Conference of Christians and Jews Brotherhood Award.  Van Stockum was raised partly in Ireland, and also in Ymuiden, the seaport of Amsterdam, where her …

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