OIL ON CANVAS
SIZE : 900 X 700
MEDIUM : OIL ON CANVAS
SIZE : 600 X 450
ABOUT THE ARTIST :
My name is Rieki Esterhuyse and I was born on the 5th of March 1956 in a small town in Namibia, called Usakos. When I was about 3 years old, we moved to South Africa to a little town called Naboomspruit where I grew up till I left school and got married. I never study art or had any art lessons except for those during my school years at school. I always loved to sketch and could sit for hours with a pencil and paper losing myself in these sketches. After a marriage of 16 years and raised three beautiful children almost on my own, I got divorce and never thought of sketching again. For many years I tried to calmed the passion for art with anything else, like leatherwork and jewelry making. It was about four years ago while watching my new husband Gert Esterhuyse for six years now, while he was busy painting, that I felt this longing in my heart to do what he is doing. I started with art classes and still love every minute of it.
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