August
2010 Edition of SA Art Life. Click onto magazine and read through
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Claudia Gurwitz The first question everyone asks me is always “Why Plants?”
When I returned to painting after a seven year absence, I jumped from
one subject matter to the next, giving everything a bash. My intellect
would get in the way as I struggled to fi nd something that inspired me
enough to want to paint more. Plants weren’t the obvious answer.
While I have always appreciated the beauty of the natural environment,
I would describe myself more as a lazy gardener, doing the bare minimum
to keep my plants a... >>
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Lolly Hahn-Page Like the Surrealists, Lolly is intrigued
by the tension of opposites, and particularly searches for the ‘gap’, or briefly re... >>
Claudia Gurwitz The first question everyone asks me is always “Why Plants?”
When I returned to painting after a seven year absence, I jumped ... >>
Reuel Terrtius Bosch A master at his medium in all aspects. Fulltime freehand Airbrush Artist, Reuel Bosch, has captured the essence of his medium... >>
Bob McKenzie L.B. Elliott, a marvelous painter in the ilk of W.G.Wiles. He in turn had been inspired by W.G. and Errol Boyley and so a mes... >>
Roelof Stephen Rossouw I was born in 1957, and grew up in Benoni, near Johannesburg.
A painter of figures, city and landscapes, street scenes, boa... >>
Glen Green Glen Green
by Thandi Sliepen
Unassuming. It’s the first impression that you get when meeting Glen Green. You can even ... >>
Ray Potter Artists statement: Paint with passion
Porcelain watercolour mixing pans, my favourite one and only sable brush, an old mop b... >>
Gavin Calf Artist Statement: Artists, both in history and contemporary who work to their own inner tempo inspire me the most. I don’t le... >>
Martin Osner Artist Statement: On a winter’s day in 1984, photography and I met one another quite by accident. A meeting that redirected m... >>
Fiona Rowett I began painting professionally in 1975, under the guidance of my father, the late Alfred ‘Chink’ Ewan, a well-known Eastern ... >>
Helena Hugo Helena Hugo has been a full time artist since graduating in fine arts from the University of Pretoria in 1996. Recently she h... >>
Antonia Velissariou-Moshonas I was born in Greece and first arrived in South Africa at the tender age of 18. I have lived here ever since – I love this c... >>
Anton Smit Anton Smit: Kindred Forms of Resonance
Written by: Kathleen Thomas
"Late yestreen I saw the new moone lie, Wi the auld mo... >>
Rick Becker Rick Becker - Artist statement
I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music - Joan Miro
M... >>
Johann Moolman Artist’s statement Johann Moolman
The majority of contemporary mainstream art is primarily concerned with urban issues of... >>
Larry Stokes Larry Stokes - Functional Metal Art
Situated in Diep River, Cape Town, Larry is living the creative dream by producing fun... >>
J J Blom Johannes Jacobus Blom ( J.J. Blom, JJ)was born in Cape Town on 13.10.1948.
From age six he grew up on a farm near Windhoek, ... >>
Thelma van Rensburg
Thelma van Rensburg
Thelma was born in Pretoria, South-Africa in 1969. She has studied and traveled extensively i... >>
Bongi Bengu Artist statement
Though highly versatile my work is a social commentary about my life as a black/African woman, and a black ... >>
Lothar Bottcher
Artist Statement
Light is the medium that informs our perception through sight, of our surroundings. I use glass to mani... >>
Paul Birchall Paul Birchall is a full time artists and educator based and working in Cape Town.... >>
Peter Midlane Peter Midlane is an Eastern Cape Artist based in Grahamstown... >>
