Patrick Seruwu is a self-taught Ugandan artist currently living in Johannesburg. Born in Kampala, Uganda. He is an art enthusiast since childhood partaking in community art competitions. Years later he relocated to South Africa where he was fortunate to meet Benon Lutaya who mentored him artistically until his passing. Patrick uses his art to express his experiences growing up as the only boy in the family of four raised by a single mother, and how it affected him. He channels those hardships into his work. He states: “My work is about the strength of women, capturing moments of their daily lives. In a special way, it acknowledges the different attributes I always see in my mother. I use charcoal drawing and acrylic painting on canvas, applied in the form of a wash. The washes mimic the constant wish that some women have to wash away certain experiences they have undergone in their lives. It is especially within this multi-cultural work deprived and overpopulated environment of Johannesburg, where I see the strength of the women I come across in my own daily life”.