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!

by Mariaan Kotze | Jul 20, 2019 | General | 1 comment

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....

It is so that artists have shown through the hands the feelings they wished to represent. My Hands, Artist Hands

by Mariaan Kotze | Jul 4, 2019 | General | 2 comments

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...

Just look at this! Odd Looking Tree captured my world as an artist perfectly for me, Mariaan.

by Mariaan Kotze | May 5, 2019 | General | 0 comments

  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...

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning.

by Mariaan Kotze | Mar 14, 2019 | General | 0 comments

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...

Mannequin – Lady Labyrinth

by Mariaan Kotze | Jan 16, 2019 | General | 0 comments

Lady Labyrinth (above) was a lovely project to jump-start my year with. Labyrinths Labyrinths:  The author of the book: Lunch with a Dragonfly by the psychiatrist Levern Mountany, whom has a Labyrinth at her practice. Click on the link below to...