work in progress

Private commission of a home with garden & pool; oil on canvas

my own magic king/queendom

Acrylic & ink on wood, 9 x 9 x 1.5cm each

SOLD

SOLD

healthy earth

A puzzle I created for a school eco-camp.  Groups had to find pieces of the puzzle - each a different earth element - and bring them together to form the 'Healthy Earth' mandala.  Ink & acrylic on hexagonal wood blocks, approx. 6 x 6cm each.

she loves me

Graphite, posca pen, dried flower & seed pod, coconut shells mounted on wood block - 29 x 22 x 11cm - R400

stay

Acrylic, pen and pencil on a wood block. Approx. 22 x 14 x 7cm - SOLD

welcome/protection mandala - private residence day 3

End of day 3:

welcome/protection mandala - private residence day 2

The second mandala had personal elements requested by the resident family, such as the Egyptian khopesh sword, and the water symbol.  

End of day 2:

welcome/protection mandala - private residence

The front entrance to a beloved home.  I've been asked to design and paint three mandalas moving up the length of the entrance wall. 

 end of Day 1:

sunrise seascape - complete

A seascape I was asked to photograph and then paint; Chintsa Bay winter sunrise, oil on canvas, 105 x 74.5cm. 

maitri

MAITRI - unconditional friendship with oneself - acrylic and graphite pencil on wood block with balancing stones, 23 x 23cm - ZAR1,500

suffrir

SUFFRIR - from Old French/Latin 'to bear': to undergo, experience, be subjected to.
I take this to mean something about the basic experience of being - a neutral state, as opposed to the modern connotation of suffering as being something inherently negative, burdensome and heavy.

Ink on a wood block - SOLD

 

work in progress

A sunrise seascape commission in oil paint - Chintsa Bay

traum

I just moved home again.  I feel like a bonsai that has been re-potted. This is possibly what it looked like when I was feeling it.  A pen sketch on an old wine box

'Traum' is German for 'dream'. Is it somehow related to the Greek 'trauma-matos' for 'wound'?

 

 

undersea mural at Crawford's Beach Lodge

This in the kiddies' playroom at Crawford's Beach Lodge, Chintsa East

 

soon to exhibit:

This December I will be showing a few works from 2017 at Emerald Vale Brewery, Cintsa East, with three other lovely local artists.

film evenings at The Studio - Friday nights

My studio Letsleepingdragons is housed within the 6 x 6 sq. metre walls of The Hearth of Cintsa Studio Gallery + Project Space in Chintsa East.  This is where I do most of my own art work, and I co-curate The Hearth as a 'gallery' and use the space as a classroom to teach drawing. The space is also host to a number of public events such as live music and, most popularly, our Festive Friday Film Evenings.

Visit the Film page on the website to view the film screenings for this coming season and join us if you can for some great art and other alternative, non-mainstream film!

  

new paintings

Mandala project.  Four abstract backgrounds with mandalas based on the number six layered over the top.  Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40cm - SOLD

cow skull

Sundays at the studio

lyra

An illustration I just ink penned for Harry Owen's poem 'Lyra', with details of the poem worked into the stars. Pen on paper, A3

wall piece

Our new local barbershop invited me to paint their logo and text on their wall.  Piece designed by one of my drawing students and I tweaked it a bit...