Visual Artist Khaya Bobotyana is based in Gugulethu Cape Town South Africa and is an established practitioner. This is the place of his birth where he currently resides and practices and also where his love and passion for art was formed. His ability to accurately and clearly depict his subject in a realistic approach is what makes him a skilled artist. He is able to accomplish this with a variety of mediums such as colour pencils charcoal and graphite. He frequently pushes himself when using oil and acrylic paints on canvas. His subject matter usually focuses on portrait of people that he meets and spends time with on a daily bases as they go about living their lives according to their own path. He does occasionally discuss social issues and politics.