Ncg’abe is one of the first Kuru artists who is still with us today. She joined the Kuru Art Project in 1992 together with her close friend Cg’ose Ntcox’o. Her husband, Xgaiga Qhomatcã, is also an artist at the Kuru Art Project. Apart from visual art, Ncg’abe is a keen traditional dancer and musician and she and Xgaiga are founder members of the Nharo Giraffe Dance Group. Although she also makes beautiful linoleum prints, etchings and lithographs, Ncg’abe prefers to work with oil paint on canvas. The large-scale canvasses give her more freedom and directness, which is difficult to get with the printmaking techniques. She loves to portray strange combinations of plants, birds and other creatures like snakes and insects. The leaves, twigs and creatures in her art sometimes form abstract patterns with great appeal. She also depicts beadwork patterns and the patterns on the shaved skin aprons, which she remembers her grandmothers had made.