Laurens Barnard

Laurens Barnard LAUBAR – the artist, entrepreneur and visionary
The quiet near unassuming outward manner of artist Laurens Barnard belies an active creative life that has of late come full circle.
Born in 1957, Barnard has been aware of his artistic vocation since boyhood. At the Pretoria based Hendrik Verwoerd High School, his art master Mr Potgieter gave the initial impetus by awarding him 100% for a project in exchange for acquiring the selfsame work. This early accomplishment sparked off Barnard's frenetic career as local visual arts practitioner.
Shortly after matriculating, Barnard enrolled as a fine arts student at the Pretoria University of Technology 1978-1982. During this period, the lure of the cinematic industry caused him to change midstream followed by a number of prolific years in film production. His personal highlights dating back to this sojourn through the milieu of cinema, is his former function as film-editor of the 1982 TV series entitled "Koöperasie Stories" under the direction of Koos Roets, working closely with his mentor Jans Rautenbach for four years and including, Shoprite adverts (interactively) promoted by characters in the current popular Afrikaans TV soapie - 7de Laan. In total Barnard was involved ...

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