Glendine Chisholm

Glendine Chislholm has made the Karoo her home, and her artwork speaks of the beauty and tranquility of the people and world that surrounds her.

Glendine is a prominent South African artist that currently lives in De Rust in the Klein Karoo.
Born and raised in Namibia, Glendine has been keenly interested in art since early childhood, and today she still sees this expression of her God-given talent as her ultimate calling.

When personal tragedy struck and Glendine lost her eldest son, a first year art student, in a motorcar accident, art was not only a way to express her immense grief, loss and love, but also a way out of a very dark season of the soul.

Today, Glendine’s work is greatly renowned, and can be found in prominent galleries countrywide, as well as exhibited at the UK, USA, Australian and South African embassies.

"I draw my inspiration from the majesty and beauty of the mountains that gently surrounds our little corner of the world. The ever-changing moods and colours of the vast Klein Karoo landscapes. Deserted homesteads, rusty windmills. Forgotten memories, untold stories and gentle souls. The silent sun in a cloudless, bright blue sky when heatwaves dance through the long, dry summer days. Or the bright ...

In 1983 the SANLAM Children’s Art Foundation selected her work for their calendar, as well as the European exhibition that followed its publication. Eventually she studied Fine Arts at the Pretoria Technikon and Unisa, after which numerous national and international group, and solo exhibitions followed – culminating in an extremely well received solo exhibition in New York in 2000.

New York 2000.
Numerous National arts festivals in South Africa from 2001 - 2019.
Numerous Solo exhibitions for the last 2 decades.