I am a fine artist using traditional, techniques in my art, which consist of drawing, painting, intaglio relief printmaking and sculptures in plaster and paper My meduims include oil, acrylic, ink, paint, plaster , paper, and pastles . Paper mache has been a recurrent fascination of mine, and I use hand painted paper as a sculptural medium for animimale dressed n 17th and 18th century costume. More recently, angels in a classical vein are being made out of paper and a series of Grand Tour Curiosity Boxes which include intaglios of classical cameos, shells, insects, moths, architectual details and other bits. Cast in plaster, from moulds, these are sometimes painted. The intaglios are displayed against hand painted paper,
hand marbeled paper and black paper in hand painted shadow box frames which resemble the more traditional book box of 19th century Intaglios.

Works on canvas, paper and board include a wide range of subjects from landscapes, still life, animals and portraits to figurative subjects.

My landscapes are inspired by the rural surroundings of the farm where I live with my husband, outside Baardskeerdersbos, in the Southern Overberg. I am attracted to Overberg and Scottish Highland landscapes which share similar characteristics of agrarian, mountainous, sea and loch landscapes , vegetation of fynbos and bracken flora, and vernacular architecture of Cape and Croft. Both places have wide open landscapes filled with sky, dappled light and clouds; large bodies of water of sea, damns or lakes ; flat green or rising mountainous landscapes; wind blown bushes and trees; small vernacular buildings of worn down brick, mud or stone, inhabited by agrarian people and animals, embodying rustic farm life that is endlessly peaceful and at one with the countryside.

The genre of still life is a painting convention used for conveying more intimate and personal themes. I have a deep fascination with the past, and old household objects, found archaeological artefacts and rubbish of discarded shoes, bits of mirror, funerary ornaments, fruit, pottery shards and bones collected on the farm are incorporated into my still lifes

As a passionate animal lover there are many inspirational beasts on the farm, cats, chickens, geese, cows and donkeys which provide an endless source of subject matter. Birds, wild life and natural objects, have inspired me since I can remember from my earliest drawings and watercolours in the Transvaal veld and on trips to game parks.

Portraits of friends and people of interest are included in my genre.
More recently figurative elements are used in my White Privilege series and in my Motion and Stasis series.

In 2019/21 I participated in painting workshops with Greg Kerr and the result was more experimental work with paintings derived from charcoal, pastel and collage drawings.

Distinctive qualities of my work include strong, expressive colours, rhythmic, lyrical line and form, contrasting tones and vibrant mark making. I continuously evolve and change my work, moving through different styles and subjects. The most consistent style of my painting being, semi-realist with overtones of Post-Impressionism, the Fauves and Nabis.

Currently I am exploring the versatile qualities of paper sculpture. Works include playful and whimsical cat and animal characters dressed in costumes inspired by the 18th century. The sculptures are entirely made out of paper which I have hand painted.

Ballet has been ever present in my life and the exploration of paper as a sculptural medium has developed into hand-painted ballet figures based on some of the dancers and costumes from the Ballet Russe. These dancers are set in a hand-painted paper theatre with paper sets and backdrops, paper curtains and decorative features.

As a founder member of the Baardskeerdersbos Art Route I have exhibited on the art route from its inception in 2008 and have had over 20 Solo Exhibitions on the Art Route.

I currently exhibit at the Stables Studio & Gallery on Assegaai Bosch Farm and also sell my work online from this web site and Instagram.

Please contact me via the Contact Page if you would like to find out more about my work. I sell locally and internationally and I am happy to ship anywhere internationally at very reasonable postage rates.

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"Art, in its highest expression, explains our existence to us, both the particularities of the artist's own time and the universals of all time, or at least human history. It transcends transience and therefore reconciles us to the most fundamental condition of our existence. In the history of art, unlike the history of science, what comes after is not necessarily better than what came before." Theodore Dalrymple (2001)