Friday, August 30, 2024

PROTEAS INSPIRE RESILIENCE

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"Resilience". Acrylic and mixed media on stretched canvas. 60 x 60 cm. Proteas are strong flowers. The flower petals (and the whol...
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

THE DRAMA OF DARK AND LIGHT

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I painted this portrait from a photo that I took in very bright sunlight - hence the sharp contrasts. It is the shape of lights and shadows ...
Wednesday, June 9, 2021

A PORTRAIT ADVENTURE

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A few years ago, a client asked me to do a portrait of her grandchild. She provided the photograph and wanted a realistic rendering of it. T...
Monday, July 1, 2019

SKETCH, COLLAGE AND GESTURAL STROKES

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This is a collage I made from photographs of a flower arrangement I made years ago. The original plan was to  make a painting based on it. W...
Thursday, June 27, 2019

LIFESCAPES

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The landscapes of Namibia, to me, feel like the backdrop to my life. I grew up there. Whenever I get out in nature, I still search for the w...
Monday, June 24, 2019

FUN WITH COLOURFUL TRAYS

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Did a bit of general tidying up in my studio over the weekend, and decided to decorate two small trays which I use to organize art materials...
Friday, June 21, 2019

CHEERFUL COLOURS

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I stood in a shop by the art supplies last week, looking for a warm, yellowish red. What caught my eye, was a flourescent orange red! YUM!! ...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

EMBARKING ON AN ART JOURNEY

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There is a belief that artists go into their studio, whip out their paints and brushes, and create a masterpiece. Every day. This is a myth....
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

ART AUCTION in PRETORIA

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I have been very busy creating new paintings, as I am participating in  an art auction to be held in Pretoria on the 10th of June, 2017. The...
Monday, January 2, 2017

2016 - AN OVERVIEW

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Most of the Paintings I completed during 2016 were either done as commissions, or were sold. Nguni cattle dominated as subject of the larger...