Nico Van Der Merwe

"Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within." ~Claudia Johnson

Nature and surrealistic emotive artist -fine art photography, oil on canvas impasto paintings - South Africa...

Nico van der Merwe:

In 1977 on a rainy overcast day he opened his eyes and as the years passed spent an ever increasing amount of time perusing his fathers vast amount of photographic books and guides to finally be confident enough to pursue his self-taught and growing love for emotive, surrealistic and nature photography.

Having endless appreciation for any form of art he finds photography to be his link to reality and this medium in itself relies in totality on something which he cannot fathom to exist nor dream without; light - no haunting shadow will manifest itself or be driven away without it...

14 September 2010 marks his anniversary of packing up his artistic dreams and ambitions to settle in the Little Karoo town of Calitzdorp which now serves as his foundation and escape from city existence to pursue, find and live life in this region.

Being more than happy to spend countless days in the rain with a broken red umbrella and capture the ...

Self taught