I am a printmaker based in Cape Town, South Africa.

My work usually begins with a conscious thought before moving into a subconscious level in which it takes on it’s own life and dictates to me what should happened next. A starting point will sometimes be a headline from a newspaper article, a line from a song or poem, or my personal response to a conversation or event.

During the process of creation, this may evolve into a very different statement. I like to deal mostly with relationship issues relevant to the time and space in which I live. A wry humour exists in many of the pieces.  I want the viewer to linger and look deeply to discover the visual clues that build up a thought, the soul of the piece, and ponder…

I love the demands and physicality of the etching process; the combination of technical precision and magical accidents and the contradiction of linear hardness and sensuous velvety softness of aquatints.

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

• Calacas, Day of the Dead, International Print Exchange Exhibition, Oak Park, Illinois,  USA.
• Calacas, Day of the Dead, International Print Exchange Exhibition, Casa de los Tres Mundos in Granada, Nicaragua .
• Seven Ages of Man, The Marcus Gallery, Highlands House, Highlands Estate (until 30 November)
•  Art on Paper, Kalkbay Modern, Kalk Bay
• Nguni; Done and Dusted, Gill Aldermann Gallery, Kenilworth

UPCOMING  EXHIBITIONS

• Calacas, Day of the Dead, International Print Exchange,
• 3- Lauderhill Arts Center, Florida, January 2012.
• Angels 6, The Gallery at Grande Provence, 11 December 2011 – 5 February 2012
  
• Exploring Femininity, InToto, Johannesburg, 19 January to 28 February 2012

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

• Vuleka 2011 Competition Finalists’ Exhibition, ArtB, Carel van Aswegen Street, Bellville, September 2011
  
• 8^th International Printmaking Biennale, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Liége, Belgium, March 2011
• Never Before, Haas, Cape Town, March 2011
• Id Entity – Portrait Exhibition, In Toto Gallery,  Johannesburg, April 2011
• Co/Mix: Comic Art/Mixed Media 2011, a collaborative group exhibition and visual art performance event, Thomas Pringle Hall, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown,  July 2011.

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

• Artisan Contemporary Gallery 344 Florida Road, Morningside, Durban, 4001, South Africa(+27 31 3124364)
• The Cape Gallery, 60 Church Street, Cape Town (021 423 5309)
• Gill Allderman  Fine Art Gallery,  278 on Main Road, Kenilworth
  (083 556 2540)
• Haas, 67 Rose Street, Cape Town (021 422 4413)
• Intoto Gallery, 6 Birdhaven Centre, 66 St Andrew Street, Birdhaven, Johannesburg (011 447 6543)
• Kalk Bay Modern, 1st Floor, Olympia Building, 136 Main Rd, Kalk Bay (021 788 6571)
• South African Print Gallery, 109 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, Cape Town (021 462 6851)