“I don’t consider myself a professional. I wish I was,” artist Akeem Hartman said. Akeem’s outstanding sketch of the late Black Panther star, Chadwick Boseman which was posted to Facebook some weeks ago had garnered amazing reviews and has since seen a number of persons placing orders for sketches.
Most of Akeem’s sketches are portraits. He is also skilled in leather crafting, making belts and slippers. He is also a tattoo artist.
Akeem was born in Kwakwani but when he was three years old, he and his family moved to Barbados. They later returned to Guyana where he completed his secondary education at Kwakwani Secondary School. A lover of cars, as a boy, Akeem dreamt of one day becoming a mechanic. The idea of a career in art was never considered.