This painting was done during a workshop where we explored activating the canvas with a variety of acrylic paint colours and drawing pens, in a random fun way, without any idea of what our subject would be. I then decided to go in with oils and begin to build up the...
A little botanical study of white azaleas that I photographed while attending a wedding in the Natal Midlands. I wasn’t familiar with the white variety. This painting formed part of my Up Close and Beautiful solo exhibition. MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 300mm X 300mm...
The reference photo for this piece was a zoomed-in perspective of some variegated leaves found at the Durban Botanical gardens. I was a little obsessed with the colour combination of pink and green and finding interest in simple things around us. This painting formed...
This painting was done from life. My reference was a vase of cream roses that was left over from my solo exhibition at the Foyer in Durban. I started off by painting the canvas in a dark, warm black – a colour that reminded me of my Grandmother’s antique...
A real symbolic South African flower, and a flower that brings me memories of my youth as we had them growing in abundance in our garden at home. I really enjoyed how I could ‘draw’ with the ink (straight out of the bottle ) as well as using it with a...
I was drawn to the intense yellows and greens of the reference photo. They almost had a luminous quality. Exploring the transparency of inks, I began to first ‘mark’ out the overall form and colours using acrylic inks, either diluted with water or used...