Wednesday 25 January 2017

MARA VAN ZYL

MEDIUM : ACRYL ON STRETCHED CANVAS.
SIZE : 760 X 59

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
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 I AM A 63 YEAR OLD LADY. IS PAINTING FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. I HAVE TAKEN CLASS AT ANETTE FELL FOR THREE YEARS AND ALSO A WEEK CLASS AT IRENA COETSEE AND IS FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS WITH BRAAM COETSEE. I WORK IN BOTH ACRYLIC AND OIL BUT OIL IS THE MEDIUM OF PREFERENCE. I LOVE TO PAINT LANDSCAPES ESPECIALLY THE KAROO AND NAMIBIA. AS I CHILD I USE TO GO OFF WANDERING IN THE VELD AND I THINK MY LOVE FOR PAINTING LANDSCAPES WAS BORN THERE. YOU WILL FIND EITHER A MOUNTAIN OR A GROUP OFV ROCKS IN ALL MY PAINTINGS. IN A WAY IS PAINTING A LANDSCAPE MY WAY OF HONORING MY CREATOR. I HAVE DONE A FEW PAINTINGS OF ANIMALS LIKE A GROUP OF ELEPHANTS, A LIONESS AND A BLOU-WILDEBEEST ON TREK BUT AFTER ONE ANIMAL PAINTING MY FINGERS ITCHED TO DO A LANDSCAPES.

4 comments:

  1. So serene and peaceful,really well done !

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  2. Excellent! This was done with passion and a true feeling for the specific landscape.

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  3. Done with empathy and deep emotion to display the bleak yet showing the beauty of the Karroo on canvass,

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