Reading all of the tweets about our political situation, I was inspired to paint. Somewhere in the middle of this is the ordinary citizen, the child who lives in expectation […]
Author: Sarah
The Tightrope Walker
I’ve just painted this as one of the works for the upcoming 16 Days of Activism exhibition at The Eatery in Parkmore. It’s a female Bateleur eagle. I’ve always been […]
16 days of action
With the work for Kipling in Johannesburg done (watch this space for more updates – the work goes up tomorrow), I’m now onto the work for a celebrity art auction […]
Springboks vs Wallabies
I’ve tackled sporting subjects as experiments before, such as this depiction of a Sharks vs Stormers match: the Lions: and this pink Blue Bull: so when the Springboks defeated the […]
Here it is: the work for Kipling in Johannesburg
So here are all the paintings for the Kipling in Johannesburg exhibition at the Rand Club next week (you need to be a member to see it, so this is […]
Sketches for Kipling in Johannesburg
My next exhibition will coincide with the Rand Club’s 125th anniversary. They’re deeply entwined in the fabric of Johannesburg and its history, both subjects I explore in my work, so […]
A blue moon
August 31 is my birthday, and tomorrow there will be a blue moon. This is a sketch to illustrate a blog reflecting on the past year. I’ve finally started learning […]
A new rhino to help keep the real ones in safe hands
Today I was asked to donate a rhino painting to a golf day dinner in aid of the SAB-Boucher non-profit company which is raising funds for the DNA profiling of […]
A Pussy Riot in lipstick
I admire the bravery of the women of Pussy Riot, who stood up against the fascism and patriarchy of the Russian political establishment and paid the price. I couldn’t think […]
I am that which has emerged from the fire
We’ve all seen them on Facebook, those Oprahesque quotes trembling with worthiness and heavy with exhortations to share if you are a human being with a shred of moral decency. […]
Whale sketch
Right now I’m working on a commission for a psychologist, a triptych inspired by the myth of Persephone and drawing on the style I used in my Swimming at Night […]
The pink rhino
My Nguni cattle paintings are inspired in part by the work of Andy Warhol. The other day my aunt told me she wanted a painting of a pink rhino, and […]