Collins Omondi Okello was a popular pencil artist even before American TV host Steve Harvey could recognize his efforts.
Back before his fame through the roof in 2020 March, Collins had famous portraits of key Kenyan celebs.
Among them late Bob Collymore, Akothee and Uhuru Kenyatta just to mention a few.
But his breakthrough has come and he will be paid for his patience since he ventured into his talent back in 2016.
Collins will be meeting with Harvey in Botswana or South Africa in a few days time so as to present his work and ofcourse receive a nice pay.
All that will be catered for by Bonfire Adventures, besides he has received nice offers from Kenyan celebs for portrait making.
Here are some of epic portraits done by Collins on famous politicians and celebrities
Interesting facts about Okello
- Omondi’s work started being noticed on social media as early as 2012
- He owns an art company known as Jaduong Art Works
- According to his Facebook bio, he studied Finance and Banking at JKUAT
- He was born in Kendubay and went to school in Kisumu at Kisumu Boys High School
- He owns a verified Facebook profile and he is followed by more than 18k friends