This beautiful lady was painted for my sister, at the same time I was painting the Degas for my mother. The plan was to ship them over to the UK, so that my mom would receive her painting on her…
The Shipping Fiasco


This beautiful lady was painted for my sister, at the same time I was painting the Degas for my mother. The plan was to ship them over to the UK, so that my mom would receive her painting on her…

I painted this for my mom, she has always loved Degas ballerina paintings. Sadly she passed a few years ago, so it is currently sitting in my sisters house in England.

The painting is complete! After many years, and a lot of changes happening at home – geez Covid was rough- I can finally say its done. As promised here we go.

My partner and I took a trip to Underberg together and upon arriving, we were met by these lovely ladies. The painting in still in progress, but with all the time we have in lockdown, I might just get it…

I painted a portrait of my daughter and entered it into the Sanlam Portrait Awards competition, alas I was not selected, but hey, there is always next year right? Guess it’s back to the drawing board. Here she is in person-

This is the first exercise that my students do, it is an upside down drawing, whereby the students draw the horse but the image is inverted so that they focus more on the lines and shapes of the form, instead…

Here is a before and after photo of a painting I did a few years ago, I felt it needed a bit of brightening up, so I decided to use it as a foliage paint effect demo and the transformation…
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