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.
My Happy Place, my Art Studio
My studio is my happy place, I invite you for a quick visit in my attic studio.
Lock down Redecorating – 10 Kick Ass Ideas
Now is the time to beautify your home and love it more than ever before. The current Corona lockdown means that most of us are spending a crazy amount of time at home, some of us are so privileged to go on with our work but many people have a lot of leisure time on […]
To do or not to do
As an artist, like most other artists, I’m very scatterbrained and struggle with routine. Although a lot of people assume that artists only create, we need to establish a business. Part of our day to day`s activities is admin, marketing and keeping our websites up to date. This post is dedicated to all the mom’s out […]
The best pencils ever made
As I am busy with a pencil painting, very much like this little one here, I decided to do a blog post about all (or some of) the pencil artworks I did. My first pencil artwork: This is where the first pencil started, almost 4 years ago, a miniature little painting for an art […]
Kyknet Ontbytsake Insert 2014
Earlier this year, Ontbytsake, a Kyknet Television journal program promoting local artists venues and tourism in South Africa, made this wonderful little insert of the gallery I had in Mossel Bay. I recently moved out of this studio, now working from home, and supplying to other accredited Art Galleries as well as to my shop in […]
This is me, where I come from, how I think.
I was born on a farm cradled by mountains in the Aliwal North district of the Eastern Cape. My father Kobus Kotze is a well-known landscape artist. The hours I spent painting with him in his art studio opened my mind to art. My mother Joe Kotze only started painting later in her life. She […]