For the love of art

Yona Wanjala (right) with Male Events Chairman Philip Mae and a friend hold some of his paintings at their offices in Mombasa. [PHOTO: KELVIN KARANI/STANDARD]

Monetary gain was the last thing Yona Wanjala expected when he presented a painting during an Epilepsy Afro-fashion fair exhibition in Mombasa.

That was in October last year and since then, Wanjala has sold five paintings depicting the myelin sheath - an insulating layer found on nerves, at Sh20,000 each.