A Magical Evening of Art and Connection: A Bloemfontein Exhibition Experience
Art has the remarkable ability to bring people together, ignite conversations, and create lasting memories.
Recently, I had the privilege of hosting an art exhibition in Bloemfontein, in collaboration with my friend and talented artist, Kobus Lotz.
I’m exchanging lives with Esté Mostert this Christmas!
I will be house-hopping to Hermanus and will be stepping into the shoes of fellow artist, Esté Mostert.
Step out into the unknown
The people that know me, know that I move a lot and I often step out into the unknown. Over the years I did several paintings with cars and these past few weeks I have revisited the theme. A few people contacted me and said they see I’m restless and a good friend called and […]
Black Birds – Crows and Ravens feature in my work often over the years.
Especially the qualities of adaptability, cleverness and transformation in crows that I can associate with on a personal level.
Crows are Enigmatic and owned a mythical status across all cultures and is often seen as messengers.
Be more creative as an artist
“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising and gave to it neither the power nor time.” Quote by Mary Oliver Be more creative: I often get the question of how I get to my ideas and also about […]
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 […]
I owe everything to these two people
Kobus & Joe Kotze An Ode to my lovely parents: Today I want to put aside some time to show my appreciation to my wonderful parents and to tell where I come from. It’s because of my parents that I am able to figure out this crazy, not so easy […]
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 […]
Captured Moments – My first Solo exhibition
“Captured Moments” “Because every picture has a story to […]
Feedback on a great art exhibition opening
28’th of July…the opening night of our exhibition at Gallery on Leviseur. This gallery is in Dan Pienaar Drive in Bloemfontein. What a great evening! So many people attending, thank you so much for all your support and interest in the exhibition. As we are three family members exhibiting, Hanlie Kotze is my sister […]
Nests in the Clouds
After a brainstorming session between a few artists, we decided on an art exhibition with the theme: “Nests in the Clouds” at Gallery on Leviseur. Gallery on Leviseur is a contemporary art gallery in Dan Pienaar Rylaan in Bloemfontein. The very capable Gerhalda Nel took charge and orchestrated the exhibition in this clean beautiful space […]
Artist dad- 52 years behind the easel!
Kobus – The dad: Not only is my dad an amazing artist, but he is also a number 1 dad! My dad – enjoying us as kids, my sister on the left is not with us anymore and when this photo was taken, my “baby” brother was still not in the “picture”. Kobus- The […]