We’ve been planning this shoot on the beautiful hills above Featherstone Kloof for quite a while. @meagieswain told me that she has always wanted to do a tulle fabric shoot - completely wrapped in white - and I was keen to get some more images to promote our forthcoming virtual exhibition ‘Set Your Life on... Continue Reading →
This intimate exhibition previews the lockdown collaboration between myself and Cape Town based environmentalist and model Meagen Swain (meagencourtneyswain@gmail.com). We want to show that in spite of the psychological impact of the dire state of the world - highlighted during the Coronavirus epidemic - it is possible to produce art spiritually inspired by the words... Continue Reading →
I think there's a good deal of fun to be had light painting. It's like a mini performance. You have to imagine a dark scene to light up, get your camera organised, put on your darkest clothes, start the camera and then take your light into the space, weaving and turning, circling and waving. Then... Continue Reading →
Freddy's been circling in my studio ever since he swam over to me from Sally Scott's wonderful exhibition at the Johan Carinus Art School. That must be five or six years ago during South Africa's National Arts Festival! Last night he got a real break. I gave him a dust over and a new (black)... Continue Reading →
I've really found Escher's work to be inspirational and it's so nice to be able to take it into a new dimension. I re-imagined Escher's Butterflies in one of my earlier posts and now I've finished mapping the whole continent's rivers I've been able to realise a new, more complete, look for the idea. Escher's... Continue Reading →
MC Escher produced his famous Fish and Scales print in 1950 - at the same time as The Butterflies. And so, following on from my re-imagination of The Butterflies in yesterday's post, I've used the same method to produce the Fish and Scales Topographic Map of South Africa. You should be able to pick out... Continue Reading →
MC Escher's work has always amazed me with the way he transforms reality: peeling it away in layers to reveal new structures and perceptions. Lately I've begun to wonder if I couldn't use one of his prints - The Butterflies - to blend his work with how Geographers use Geographic Information Systems to portray the... Continue Reading →
I found this lovely haiku by Ingrid Baluchi when I was recently browsing through back issues of The Mamba Journal - it's the Africa Haiku Network's online publication that comes out twice a year. Right away I knew I would like to put it to imagery and - fortunately - we had already booked a... Continue Reading →
In September and October South Africa began to ease the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions and our local Game Reserves began to open up. We were desperate to get out of town and into the bush so we took advantage of the special offers for residents and had day game drives to Kwandwe and stayed for two nights... Continue Reading →
I wanted to make some yoga art with a difference and asked beautiful Cape Town based yoga teacher Shelby Kleynhans (@yogi_shelby) to send me some yoga pictures and ideas to work with. She told me that she had a special affinity for the moon, the sea and anything blue. So I masked out the background... Continue Reading →
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