I, Gathinja, the owner of the website, was born and raised in Kenya, East Africa in the capital city of Nairobi.  I lived there until 2002, whereupon I came to the United States to marry my husband of 20 years now.  Since 2004, I have been to Africa more than a dozen times, visiting artists, family, and friends for five weeks each visit.  So I've worked with African Art in Kenya for some time and got to meet many current artists in Kenya and have acquired thousands of paintings from them, most of which have already sold.   Some artists have been so popular on the site that the artists get to keep making paintings for you regularly which means they are getting repeat business from us because of your purchases.  Because of our reputation online, around 2011 True African Art started attracting many artists from outside of Kenya, winding us out in early 2023 with 15 countries and over 100 artists that have appeared on our site.  True African Art thus has the best prices for the best quality inventory of originals and prints.  They are bought mostly directly from the artists, not other galleries.  To sponsor African Artists' work across the globe involves good communication and trust.  Thankfully, we have much of that already on board.