about the
artist
I paint what I live, and I live close to the earth.
My mornings begin on our Highveld farm — among cattle and sheep, beneath vast skies, inside the quiet rhythm of nature. At sunrise I walk the fields, feed the animals, and watch storms gather in the distance. These simple, sacred moments are where my stories take root.
Before I became a painter, I studied Animal Science and worked across Africa as a commodity trader. Those years carried me through villages and deserts, to people who live in harmony with the land — resilient, humble, and deeply connected. Their strength, and the immensity of Africa itself, taught me to recognise beauty even in hardship.
I’ve known struggle and loss — betrayal, heartbreak, and the long, uncertain work of rebuilding when life breaks you open. But it is from those very places — of pain, endurance, and quiet faith — that my art rises. Painting became the path back to myself.
I work with a palette knife because it feels honest: every stroke raw, textured, alive. I build my surfaces with natural materials — sand, grass fibres, even elephant-dung gesso — because they hold the memory of their origins. They carry the land into the work.
Each painting becomes an emotional landscape — sometimes the voice of the earth, sometimes the resilience of the human spirit. The colours, the layers, the movement reflect life as I know it: unpredictable, fragile, and filled with grace.
I don’t paint to impress.I paint to tell the truth — of land, of soul, of survival. I paint because it is how I breathe, how I pray, how I remember who I am. This is my life. This is my art.
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about the
I paint what I live, and I live close to the earth.
My mornings begin on our Highveld farm — among cattle and sheep, beneath vast skies, inside the quiet rhythm of nature. At sunrise I walk the fields, feed the animals, and watch storms gather in the distance. These simple, sacred moments are where my stories take root.
Before I became a painter, I studied Animal Science and worked across Africa as a commodity trader. Those years carried me through villages and deserts, to people who live in harmony with the land — resilient, humble, and deeply connected. Their strength, and the immensity of Africa itself, taught me to recognise beauty even in hardship.
I’ve known struggle and loss — betrayal, heartbreak, and the long, uncertain work of rebuilding when life breaks you open. But it is from those very places — of pain, endurance, and quiet faith — that my art rises. Painting became the path back to myself.
I work with a palette knife because it feels honest: every stroke raw, textured, alive. I build my surfaces with natural materials — sand, grass fibres, even elephant-dung gesso — because they hold the memory of their origins. They carry the land into the work.
Each painting becomes an emotional landscape — sometimes the voice of the earth, sometimes the resilience of the human spirit. The colours, layers and movement reflect life as I know it: unpredictable, fragile, and full of grace.
artist
I don’t paint to impress.
I paint to tell the truth,
of land, of soul, of survival.
I paint because it is
how I breathe, how I pray,
how I remember who I am.
This is my life. This is my art.
THIs IS