HOW HIGH - Leonardo - 40x60" - Oil on Recycled Flour Sack - 2021

Leonardo is a pioneer in the genre of hand-painted movie posters in Ghana. He was born in 1958 in Darkuman, a suburb of Accra. The true definition of a self taught master, by age 12 Leonardo was already painting signs as well as painting for art. The very first movie posters hit Ghana in 1985 and Leonardo was at the center of it, painting for such great video clubs as Ziggy, Bombay, Zaap, Makosa, and more. No working artist in Ghana has made more movie posters or worked longer than this legendary artist. His favorite movies are The Thief of Baghdad, Clash of the Titans, Aladdin, as well as Arnold and Stallone movies. He used to play a lot of soccer, but claims he can't play these days, so he listens to political programs and music often on the radio. Believe him when he says, "I am most excited when I am behind my canvas painting".