Category: South Africa
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Seagull Discussion in Hermanus
Oil on canvas
35cm x 46cm
On a miserable day, feeling too lonely, I went to the furthest point of Hermanus. A few minutes passed and a cloud of seagulls arrived. Some, seeing no movement, went and perched on poles and had quite a discussion up there as my painting took shape.
R2500 -
The Charging Lion
Oil on canvas
89cm x 70cm
This is my first animal painting! It dawned on me to transfer my image of such a wild action onto canvas, while reflecting a spiritual dimension.
R16000 -
Gecko Under Sun Ray
Oil on canvas
50cm x 50cm
In the Karoo desert were I lived for a few years, it was fascinating to see large numbers of these little reptiles at night turning on the wall under the outside light. Their skin is literally transparent so it gave me the inspiration to paint it in a more natural environment, first with charcoal then with oil, to get this translucent effect of its little body.
R4500 -
Reflection of a Lavender Mountain
Oil on canvas
42cm x 58cm
When I went to do an exhibition in Tulbagh, I had to install my paintings very early that day and as the morning sun was still pinkish, it tinted the still silent mountains around with a lilac and lavender colour. With the sun’s rays just touching the green fields, my artist eye could not escape the tranquility of their reflection in the water!
R4200 -
Hidden Mountain Farm in Tulbagh
Oil on canvas
35cm x 67cm
The beauty of life in this painting lifts up the contrast between the greenery and the dry mountainside surrounding the farm. Every year more buildings pop up and life increases where before no life was.
R4300 -
Hermanus Cliff Path in Spring
Oil and sand on canvas
35cm x 50cm
This place could not escape being painted! Every week it has a different colour. So to give a more definite texture to the painting I used river sand to build the rockery and oil paint for the vegetation. This one is my sculpture painting.
R4300 -
Inviting Stoep in Volmoed
Oil on canvas
43cm x 44cm
As I grew up in a Plant Nursery, these pots on the stoep of a peaceful retreat attracted my brushes, so much so that they nearly painted all on their own! In finishing it, my art mentor revealed that the pointed pot came from her grand-mother a long time ago .
R2200.