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The ‘King of Pop’ lives on in Okoth’s paintings

Leave Me Alone, a young Michael Jackson with dark skin and a broad nose stands with hands in his pocket and an abstracted look while outstretched hands reach out to him. PHOTO | KARI MUTU| NMG

By  KARI MUTU

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, which is why Kenyan artist Oliver Okoth turns his favourite music into paintings.

“If the musician had a paint brush as opposed to his microphone, and the tunes were canvas art, how would it look?” asked Okoth.

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