Patty Moon

I painted my first real picture when I was 16. Since then my long-term affair with art has grown and the passion has never waivered. I have been lucky enough on many occasions to combine work and painting - being artist and gallery designer at the Albany Museum in Grahamstown, South Africa, for several years was a very rewarding experience for me and now my experience in digital graphic design provides another avenue for creativity.

I have worked widely as an illustrator and designer, and as a self-taught artist, have held numerous private solo exhibitions of watercolours, acrylics and pen sketches and have sold over 240 works.

Now that I live in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal and have semi retired, I have more time to devote to my painting. I have been inspired by the beautiful rolling landscape with its old trees, moody skies and in-your-face green of the countryside!! There is an unlimited supply of visual inspiration! I have added oils to my repertoire of mediums and enjoy the freedom and versatility it affords me for my varied subjects.

My love for trees (especially those in the Kruger National Park) is unwavering. I grow trees, I paint trees and sketch trees!!

I have an Honours degree in Geography from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Having specialised in geomorphology, my early work experience was in soils mapping and terrain evaluation with engineering geologists. Later I was involved in research on palaeoclimates of the southern hemisphere.
Later, I run my own design company in which the pursuit of design in graphics, multimedia, publications and exhibitions has earned several awards.

1988 -1996 - Nine solo private exhibitions
2009, 2011 - Art in the Park Pietermaritzburg
2016 - Hilton Arts Festival
2018 - Solo Exhibition in Howick KwaZuluNatal
2018 - Solo Exhibition Johannesburg