(Clint
Singh & Marklyn Govender)
Known affectionately as Da Boyz, Marklyn
Govender and Clint Singh are acknowledged as Durban's leading bridal
specialists. They owe their success to acclaimed artist and writer Andrew
Verster.
“They came to see me one day and said that
they would like to become artists,” he explains. “I set them up with all the
equipment they needed – paint and brushes, canvas, paper etc. and said that
they should start working and call me when they had done something. I was
careful not to influence them in any way.”
Not many days later, the pair invited Verster
over and he remembers being astonished by what he saw.
“Drawing on their Hindu mythologies, they
had done canvas after canvas in the most ravishing colours,” Verster adds. “I
was in awe. Here were talents unique in Durban – and indeed South Africa. Encouraged
by my enthusiasm they continued working on a bigger scale – door panels and on
canvas which they had made up for them. Some time later, when they had produce
a body of work, they exhibited at the KZNSA – one alone and once together with
me.”
When Govender and Singh visited India they
took a handful of the smaller works which they exhibited and these were greeted
with surprise and excitement.
“Each new body of work draws on different
sources and influences so there is no danger of them becoming typecast,” says
Verster.
Da Boyz make their living as bridal
specialists. They arrange weddings, dress the bride (and sometimes the groom), plan
the ceremonies, sometimes doing the catering as Singh is an excellent cook. He
also does the hair and make-up and turns ordinary girls into princesses giving
them enormous confidence.
Contact Da Boys on 072 536 2767.
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