BIOGRAPHY

I’m a South African artist. As a child we moved all over the beautiful South Africa. These days my husband and I still travel and camp as we both love nature.  It is inspiring to see the variety though out our country although many overseas areas offer their own charm.   I started painting as a child, completed my studies as a teacher, worked in the financial sector, but I kept on painting through the years.    

   

I am an observer.  It lifts my heart to see how beautiful God's creation is. I see His hand in everything. The movement and reflections on water, the sunlight breaking through clouds, and negative spaces as the blue-sky peeks through the trees. There is quite a bit of drama in nature.   When an image sticks in my mind, I start the painting internally until I know what should be on the canvas.  Often, I would take a photo or two or use my husband's photos as reference.  Making thumbnail sketches or a color study follows next and then the time on the canvas.   

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August 2017 over 10 years’ worth of work was stolen from my studio. 24 paintings. None of these were ever recovered. Sometimes, I will pause when I see something that looks like one of them. It took some time, but I have moved on from this bad experience and will keep on painting.