If you visit my home in small-town-USA I think you’ll be surprised by my art collection.

A local artist, and prolific one at that, seeing my framed prints – mostly European art – told me politely but pointedly that there is so much original local art that framing and hanging a print of anything is unnecessary.

I took that to heart. 

Overtime, through the wonders of the Internet, I have purchased several pieces of South African art – and in making the purchase have talked with the artists.

I love our large painting of the Berg’s Amphitheater by Peter VanHeereden which hangs in my counseling study. The living room has several Western Cape scenes and one large up close protea. A conversation starter and much loved piece is a painting of a woman with a sleeping baby tied to her back and a basket of fruit balance on her head. Each of these is by Western Cape artist Willem Onker. There are two breaking wave scenes by Pretoria’s Trevor Beach – who only paints waves!

It is all very beautiful and I love it all but our home screams one thing very loudly and very clearly: I miss living and being in South Africa.

Posted on August 23, 2023 at 3:17 pm in Communication, Education, Faith, Friendship, Grace   |  RSS feed |   Reply   |   Trackback URL