ORIGINAL CONTEMPORARY ART BY ERNA WADE

Contemporary art by South African artist, Erna Wade; African wildlife, portraits, seascapes,flowers. In oil, acrylic, watercolour, collage and mixed media.

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...
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Erna
KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
I am an African girl. I love the African sun and I love painting scenes of Africa. I love the wide open spaces of Africa, its warmth and its variety. Lately my attention has been drawn to the beautiful and varied skin colour patterns of the indigenous Nguni cattle of Southern Africa. Join me in my African adventure as I find and paint more Nguni, birds and people of Africa. ALL MY ART IS FOR SALE. Feel free to contact me at ewade@absamail.co.za to check on availability or prices.
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