Transkei Mangroves

Transkei Mangroves

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...
White Azalea

White Azalea

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...
Patterned Leaves

Patterned Leaves

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...
Vintage Roses

Vintage Roses

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...
Birds of Paradise

Birds of Paradise

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...
Euphorbia II

Euphorbia II

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...