Sean Knipe

As a young boy with a curious mind, he recalls his first encounter with the enchantment of art as a fortunate stroke of serendipity.

He stood captivated and in awe of the multiplicity of designs oozing out before him, from white, to blue, green to grey shapes and colours moved before his eyes and as the paint dried it captured a movement of a second – a moment of life – never to be repeated again.

Soon painting to him became a way of life, it was more than a just a form of expression it became his voice, his eyes his ears, his smell, his sense of direction. For hours at a time he would sit at the edge of his bed, pensive, quietly concentrating on perfecting a process of painting he wished to master.

It was a summer’s evening and I had just finished painting a much loved piece, I however decided to be bold and adventurous. I wanted to grow my technique into something organic and original. Having grown up in the sub-tropical climate of Kwa-Zulu Natal, summer months were mostly accompanied with tropical thundershowers.

It was on a rainy summers evening, such as this, that I decided to plant my much loved piece outside in the rain. As the morning sun greeted my eyes the next day, I woke up with the lingering thought of m...

Self Taught

Exhibitions & Shows

DECOREX - SOUTH AFRICA, JOHANNESBURG 5 – 9 AUGUST 2016

DESIGN AND DECOR (BROOKLYN MALL) - SOUTH AFRICA, PRETORIA 7 - 14 SEPTEMBER 2017

CURRENTLY EXHIBITING - DESTINATION HAUS - USA, 303 MAIN STREET, AMAGANSETT, NEW YORK 2018 - https://www.destinationhaus.com/

5,6,7,8 JULY 2018 - GYEONGNAM INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR - EXHIBITION HALL I&II, CECO, Changwon, Korea 2018 - http://www.giaf.kr/