Meet the Artist

In her practice, Le Roux aims to distill the essence of mountains, rocks, plants and water – into simplified shapes, capturing their inherent beauty and energy. Her paintings have two layers – a first, expressive and messy layer of acrylic paint and then a second containing restrained meditative mark-making in white paint. The result is something mostly unplanned. 

Formally untrained, Le Roux started painting 8 years ago when she was pregnant with her first child. She recently moved to Cape Town, South Africa after living in San Francisco for 10 years.

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