Portraits of Staff at Maru-a-Pula School

"These two portraits are from 2018, of two security guards who work at Maru-a-Pula School, the place I spent my entire life before moving away to university, as my parents were teachers there. I chose to draw these specific people because they signify a place that has shaped me into who I am today. Whenever I returned home, it would be their smiling faces greeting me at the gates of the school. I cherish the relationship that I developed with them and the rest of the school's ground staff over my 20 years living in the school compound."

Owen Jobson is a final-year Industrial Design student at the University of Technology in Eindhoven, Netherlands. He was born and raised in Gaborone, Botswana. Owen's love for painting and drawing comes from his father who is an artist and art teacher.