Artists' Gallery

I am self-taught, specialising in portraiture and illustration, and prefer the tactility of traditional mediums and a hands-on approach to making art. I freelance commercially as an illustrator in publishing, advertising, film and television industries. Private commissions remain my staple and are found in homes throughout the world.

I am an escape artist. My work quietens the noise of an overwhelming world, offering viewers a brief respite. With my ethereal, often imagined landscapes, I celebrate innocence, validate the quiet, and invite introspection. Both creating and reflecting on this type of art are ways to establish balance and inner calm. My current body of work consists of semi-abstract landscapes of an atmospheric nature, rendered predominantly in oils and cold wax.

From farm life, I studied and graduated at University Stellenbosch BA FA (HED) and am now an avid plein air oil painter. Living in Kommetjie makes my almost daily practice of painting on location a joy. I was honored to be a 2022 Landscape finalist for the South African Artist magazine as well as having achieved a number of SASA plein air awards.

After graduating in Information Design, I spent the next two decades as an art director in Johannesburg, Singapore, Hong Kong and London. This exposure inspired me to develop my own style of Street Photography which led to being voted one of Lürzer’s Archive’s top 200 global photographers. My work has since been shown in London, Munich and Cape Town.

Born in 1937 Student nurse and Teacher’s Diploma, married, 2 girls. By God and Cecil Skotnes’s reference, enrolled at Johannesburg College of Art. Thereafter lecturer in Painting/Art History. Explored papermaking, traditional bookbinding, weaving and etching. Obtained National Higher Diploma Papermaking and Master’s Diploma in Technology. 12 Solo exhibitions (5 Goodman Gallery) .Guest Artist Johannesburg Art Museum.9th July 2022 Retrospective

I have been involved with the practise of art for most of my life and last year I completed a Postgrad Diploma with distinction (at the University of Cape Town, Michaelis School of Fine Art, 2021). Most days I am in my studio. I have exhibited and hope to continue forever. I am a contemporary artist who works predominately in oils and mixed media.

I graduated from UCT in 2001, majoring in printmaking, but my career has subsequently followed a circuitous route, embracing oil painting, running a business, as well as collaborating with my husband, artist Nic Bladen. I’ve had a number of solo exhibitions in Cape Town and Johannesburg, most notably at Circa Gallery and the Irma Stern Museum, and have been privileged to show work in London and New York. I’m returning to art-making after a four year hiatus of being a full-time mother.

I was born in Cape Town and grew up in the small coastal town of Hout Bay. I am an Environmental artist and create artworks out of Ocean Plastic. I studied art at the college of Cape Town however I am self-taught in this medium.

In Johannesburg I worked in corporate communications. When I moved to Cape Town in 2006 I found my feet by teaching beginners at a pottery studio in Noordhoek. A new experience! I then spent a year in Holland and joined a pottery studio. I participated in various workshops. On my return I set up my ceramic teaching Studio, Kommetjie Ceramics.

Originally from Scotland, I moved to Cape Town when I met my South African husband. Whilst my children were young, I took up drawing then painting - I fell in love with the whole process and am grateful to now paint full time. I work with acrylic on canvas or linen, selling mainly direct online.

I studied fine art at Ruth Prowse School of Art, Cape Town, and graduated with distinction in 2021. Since then I have presented two solo exhibitions and contributed to a number of group shows at prestigious South African galleries. I am primarily a painter who combines figurative and abstract elements to create thought provoking imagined scenes, reflecting current issues. I also produce installations for shows, often using furniture and cups to communicate ideas beyond the literal.

After school I studied graphic design but quickly discovered painting was my first love. I predominantly work for private clients and commissioned work includes large scale work for interior designers. Works are also exhibited in public spaces such as Vergelegen and the Mount Nelson. The Oasis Room at The Mount Nelson also features my largest artwork - a mural 10mLx3,5mH.

I work primarily off the surface of wood, on the theme of built-up memory in a space. My woodblock prints are supported by my fiber art practice and natural mark making on textiles and textile papers.

I left the corporate environment in 2012 to concentrate on art making and relocated from Johannesburg to Cape Town in 2016. Although mainly a painter (oils), I am a printmaker too. I received an Honours (Fine Art) from Michaelis (2021) and have works in private international and local collections.

I am a multi-disciplinary photographer specializing in commercial and fine art photography. My body of work explores abstract techniques using hard studio lighting that is reflected through pieces of colourful acrylic glass. Coupled with bright colour blocking, my body of work is a coming together of clean lines and interesting shadow play.

I am a self-taught artist and printmaker and have been practicing full-time since 2018. Prior to pursuing a career in art, I worked in Academia and as an Osteopath. I work predominantly on paper to create colourful and emotive works. My works are in private collections, both international and local.

My ceramic practice was originally inspired by an antique Russian wedding gown. I have exhibited at numerous galleries. I was appointed as a supplier of ceramic props for the film sets Troy (Warner Brothers) and Avatar (20th Century Studios).

I bring you my conceptual art sculpted and woven from ocean plastic pollution that I have found and collected from my local beaches. These pieces highlight the severity of our pollution crisis and invite viewers to join in constructive conversations around ways to address it. “If I don’t show you, you will not see!”

After training and working for years as a dental technician, I apprenticed and became a foundry man, casting large-scale bronze sculptures. The knowledge of these two seemingly different realms led to my experimentations with organic micro-casting, a technique I’ve pioneered. In my workshop in Kommetjie I’m privileged to create sculptures and jewellery cast from some of the world’s most extraordinary flora: fynbos.

I focus on printmaking, but work across media, incorporating collage, painting, and drawing, to produce varied edition work. I am part of The Printing Girls, an all-female printmaking collective, and have exhibited at various galleries across the country.

I am a South African photographic artist currently living and working in the small coastal village of Kommetjie, just outside Cape Town. My work explores the juxtaposition of childhood wonder set against the backdrop of mundane domestic life, using intimate imagery to depict the uncensored realities of motherhood.

I am a painter expressing myself in oils and water-based mixed media. I have built a large body of macro-scaled fynbos paintings, yet, have more recently, shifted to exploring indigenous landscapes and abstraction. In my work, I explore the dynamics of colour, the symphonies of light and the complexities of texture to discover the true essence of a subject. I have works displayed in world renowned restaurants, private homes and galleries both local and abroad.

I started working with ceramics 30 years ago and have been working in my Kommetjie studio for the past 20 years. During this time I have explored a wide variety of ceramic processes and am still enjoying this ever-evolving journey.