Fast forward a few years and his work is now owned by world famous entertainers, athletes and has earned him an honorary doctorate in arts and wax sculpting.
He is the only artist in South Africa who puts his skills to work in bringing to life, full colour figures like Lilian Ngoyi who led the 1956 Women’s March against the pass laws, Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi.
Many of which we look forward to seeing in South Africa’s first life-size wax museum very soon.