“While immersing myself in art I tried to draw as much as I could and posted my work on social media such as Facebook, linkedIn and WhatsApp. I would then go get feedback from followers and get different clients that way. This is how I enhanced my skills in portraits making. Within three years, I had started teaching painting to anyone who was willing to paint or aspired to be a painter but I didn’t have a chance to study art. I would use my house as a studio where all the students gather to make art. I had more than 50 students in my studio and today many of are making a living using the skills I taught them. My favorite portrait that I have did in my early days was a portrait of Her Excellency, Jannette Kagame. I would love to give this portrait to her if I can find a way. I’m not sure how that will happen since I don’t have access to her but I hope that I will find a way. More than anything I would love to give it to her myself. I am Serge Niyonsaba.”