Zach has made his name for his fanciful depictions of African stories and traditions in oils in his signature style based on print-making techniques, but he also loves painting scenes from everyday African life in smaller pieces using acrylics. Here he tells us about this small piece in acrylic on cardboard entitled Washing Day, “One of the daily chores our sisters, aunts, mothers do to keep us smart and clean, washing clothes blankets and hanging them out in the coolness of the day.”