Decorating a bedroom in Saudi Arabia with African Imagery
My artworks have travelled further than I have! I often smile about this fact, but a girl can only dream of the worlds her artworks will explore. To give you context, a client recently commissioned three artworks for his home in Saudi Arabia. How it happened: Recently, a client requested a series of paintings to […]
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 […]
My Happy Place, my Art Studio
My studio is my happy place, I invite you for a quick visit in my attic studio.
Fishes in my Art
Fishes make their appearances on my canvasses and other objects often, mostly uninvited but not unwelcome at all, as I love their symbolism.
For me, they symbolize so much, but, above all, adaptability and transformation.
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 […]
My thought process and journey to a painting
Creating a painting, the route I take: I want to share a peek into my head as I create a painting. I start by staring at the blank canvas on my easel, trying to connect to it, trying to feel it… At this stage, I want either silence, but mostly rather loud music, the choice […]
Blind Faith, Limited Edition Bronze Sculpture
My “Blind Faith” limited edition Bronze Sculpture is born: As a student, I majored in sculpture but never got to do any sculptures after I finished my studies…until recently. My “Blind Faith” limited edition sculpture is born. Blind Faith is a very symbolic sculpture. This girl is blindfolded, this is symbolic of trusting, […]
A bunch of Artists, all cropped in one family
I have walked around with the idea in my head of doing a blog post about my artist family for a while now. This morning when I woke up, I felt that it was the right time to do this post. There is something very special about the fact that our family has a long history […]
1-2-3 – Buy art -Wrap- Courier
1-2-3- ready steady – GO! Packing and shipping Is it safe to buy art online and receive it by courier? Absolutely! This answer I will give without a moment’s hesitation. Tonight as I was sitting at my […]
Secrets Revealed: Images Of Hands In My Art
Hands: I cannot do this blog post about hands, without combining it with motivational quotes as each of my hand’s paintings are very specific in conveying a message. Quotes can express in words, what you feel in your heart. I try to capture a feeling in my hand’s paintings of compassion, understanding, giving, support, and […]
Broken open
One rainy day, almost two years ago, I was browsing antique shops in Mossel Bay. I used to live there, my studio was in the Searles Manor building (a historic sandstone building, build in 1902) overlooking the harbor. Each time I sold an artwork, I went on a “treasure hunt”, rewarding myself with […]