Hannele Viljoen

As a child, some of my earliest memories somehow related to creating something. From sewing to painting, I have been making things most of my life. I studied law, and throughout my career, art was my escape from the concrete world, where I could freely express a sense of emotion on paper, and in some radical way connect with the viewer of my art.

I established myself with an art studio in Centurion, South Africa. Since then a number of my pieces found homes with South African and European families.

My work reflects a search for reconciliation of one’s spirituality, by the use of Chiaroscuro, where three-dimensional volume is suggested by the value gradation of colour and the analytical division of light and shadow.

The source of my inspiration is the French and Italian landscapes with a combination of inner feelings and imagination. My paintings are the incorporation of all of that, with the various ups and downs in my personal life.
I work with a variety of mediums such as oils, acrylics, charcoal and impasto techniques to achieve three-dimensional volume.

I continue believing that everyone is an artist in some way. Whether it is the presentation of a fine meal or the construction of a beautiful home, the wording...

Mediums: Oil & Impasto
Style: Expressionism / Fauvism
Fresh tones, intensely
intriguing mood & amazing
use of neo chiaroscuro
Favorite Quote(s): Dare to Live
Favorite Book(s): Why read when I can paint?
Favorite Movie(s): The Shawshank Redemption
Favourite Music for creating: Classical Electro
Instrumental,
Epic Celtic Instrumental
Message to viewers: To express the spiritual in
tangible form
My inspiration: My inspiration deviates
between purely internal and
purely external sources. I
mostly rely on inner feelings
and imagination.

How is your art promoted:Facebook fan page,
art magazines
Art influences: The only thing to influence
my creativity is illness. I use
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Paris, France - Galleria Saint-Pierre (2015 & Sept 2016)

Selected South African galleries, which change frequently