Ascending – a Painting about courage
Ascending – a Painting about courage. Time to step out into the unknown… All elements in this painting are symbols that enhance the story I portrayed in this artwork. The Bumblebee myth: Because of the myth that engineers have proved that Bumblebees cannot fly as their wings are too small for their bulky bodies, I […]
The Meaning of My Art
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” H.P Lovecraft Like all people, I go through many emotions. Like all people, I have ups and downs. Like all people, these various emotions spill out into my everyday life. Unlike all people, […]
I had two fun-filled days painting in Stellenbosch with the well-known artist, Glendine
I was in Stellenbosch for a few days and decided to arrange a “painting-date” with my artist friend, Glendine. We had such a great time and we documented our process to share it with you.
Reflection on my Art journey of 2020
2021 – A NEW YEAR – A NEW STORY TO BE TOLD (Painted) At last… A new year, a new page, and in my case, yet another new town. It is 2021, 2020 might have been one of the longest, and simultaneously, in some weird way, one of the shortest years ever in my life.Nobody […]
Chapter One
The events in my life are some of my biggest inspirations for my art works. I love sharing my emotions, stories, and journey with my audience through my paintings.
My Happy Place, my Art Studio
My studio is my happy place, I invite you for a quick visit in my attic studio.
I feel that new beginnings is crawling up to me. I wish it was as easy as 1, 2, 3 to break out and to break through!
You are an Eagle in a Budgie cage, you have to break out and spread your wings and fly… I am on the merge of something new in my life, I cannot say what, as I don’t know yet. I see, or rather feel, all the signs and I feel restless, very restless. Omens keep […]
It is so that artists have shown through the hands the feelings they wished to represent. My Hands, Artist Hands
Thank you for my hands: We take our hands for granted, our hands do so much more than we realize. I felt gratitude come over me… gratitude for my hands and everything they do. By means of my hands, I have the privilege to convey my ideas. My hands put into practice, the ideas which […]
Just look at this! Odd Looking Tree captured my world as an artist perfectly for me, Mariaan.
Almost a year ago Rian did a marketing video for me for my first ever one-man exhibition in Bloemfontein at Kotze Art Gallery The video was very specific for the gallery and exhibition marketing but it was so great that I did not want to just let it “die a still death”. I asked […]
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning.
Displace: A new series: I have been playing around with options in my mind for a new body of work. I need a specific series to work towards as I am very scatter-minded and get distracted easily. Also, it gives me focus and helps me to be more dedicated. Over the years a theme of […]
My Bunny Paintings
Up for “adoption”: “Flutter-Bunny” 76x92cm R10500 And if you thought this little bunny is small… think again… My Bunny paintings Although I did a lot of bunny paintings over the years, for some reason, I […]
Winds of change
My paintings hatch… bit by bit, starting as a little vague idea in my head, sometimes I walk with the possibility of an image for days, weeks, even months before it gets to a point of breaking through, even then, I usually do not know precisely where the image will end up once I put […]