Contemporary Cactus Colour Pops Painting

Living on a farm surrounded by the real African bushveld with a landscape that is full of aloes, grasses, acacia trees as well as small butterfly and insect life in the garden looking out from my studio window is a constant source of inspiration. I live 6km away from a Nature Reserve where I often run in the afternoons, after a busy day in studio, coming across Zebra, Giraffe and various Antelope, bird life and beautiful wild flowers- such as the Kigelia/sausage tree in full flower which is one of my favorite wild flowers to paint, its soft, rich velvety red bloom with large petals are picturesque. So as you can imagine my work is inspired from my everyday life. This is very much who I am, translating a small piece of myself as an individual and my life into my work as an artist. I often think to myself, my life is somewhat that of an African version of Beatrix Potter- with Bugs, seed pods and Protea's on my desk - this is my rendition living as a proud South African artist.