Between The Sea and Me Exhibition
Towards the end of November 2017 Manzart hosted a solo exhibition for me in their beautiful Franschhoek Gallery. The work was a combination of landscapes, miniatures and a few figurative works. Migo, Yolanda and Zuricka are a great team and I am very happy to be one...
Cite des Arts group Exhibition
On Friday night Fawa Conradie opened a group exhibition which he curated at the Tank Gallery in Stellenbosch. All the artists are artists who have had a residency at the Cite des Arts in Paris. A wonderful collection of works, some depicting Paris, some inspirations...
What happened after Paris!
What Paris did for me (apart from provide two of the best months of my life) was to confirm for me that I needed to change direction in my work and to stretch myself to learn something new but most especially to follow my yearning for figure drawing and adding...
Atelier Grand Village August 2017
During my stay in Paris, I saw a friend and fellow artist, Francis van der Riet, for a walk through Paris and a coffee. After expressing my interest in learning more about lithography, Francis very kindly invited me to his studio, Atelier Grand Village, to have a...
PARIS PARIS PARIS!!!
July and August of 2016 were an absolute highlight for me. I spent it in PARIS! It was truly a wonderful experience being part of the Cite - an international art residency programme. I spent my time, sketching, walking, cycling, visiting galleries and markets and...
ONGOING 2016
I am sitting at my desk (not studio) enjoying the first rains of the season. 2016 has not been what I expected and I have found myself sorting and organising all sorts of things - but no painting, since I completed three commissions in January of this year. I feel...
CAPE TOWN FOLK by Calvin Munhuweyi
Last year a young creative film maker by the name of Calvin Munhuweyi approached me and asked if he could do a short documentary about me and my work for his series entitled Cape Town Folk. I was very honoured and of course agreed immediately. Herewith his short...
LONDON EXHIBITION
Last week Stephanie Hoppen was introduced to my work by a very good client of mine in Cape Town, and she has invited me to partake in an exhibition entitled The Art of Working Ships, opening in her London Gallery. Amazingly I have discovered that there are other...
SASA ANNUAL COMPETITION
I was honoured yesterday to be part of the judging team for SASA's annual competition. Robert Slingsby, artist extraordinaire, Lindy van Niekerk, gallery owner and I worked all day judging the works submitted for this competition. It was a long and interesting day,...