I find myself constantly drawn to children in all the villages I visit.

Dirty as they may look from the bare soil on the ground upon which they walk to the mud and cow dung smeared walls and grass thatched roof of the mud huts in which they live. Everything the village child interacts with is near to its most natural form. Food is mainly harvested from the gardens after a season of planting and tending of crops, water is carried from the river or bore hole.

In our childhood days we had to be on the look out for pythons which love the elephant grass areas by the river sides.
A child however is happiest when he or she finds an adult who totally accepts and loves them unconditionally.  This would be so between Jesus and the children as I show in the painting.

A happy child is a singing child, expressed by the paintings of the musical instrument - the 'adungu' [African harp] and the drums. This happiness is shared by the adults watching from a distance. They are happy to see the children and Jesus laughing and singing.

 "Heirs to the Kingdom"
Artist:  Peter Kasamba 
Acrylic on canvas - 75cm x 60cm
Kampala, Uganda