Location: South Africa
I was born in Springs, Matriculated at Hoër Meisieskool Hugenote and studied Graphic Design at Pretoria Technicon (today known as Tshwane University of Technology). My family and I currently lives in Durbanville, Western Cape.
Oils & Acrylics are the mediums I prefer to work in, but I also enjoy working with pencil and mixed media.
I used to paint mainly with Acrylics but have lately been experimenting more with oils. I find it suits my style better when painting portraits or character studies.
Oils allow me to work more loose and paint less detail. When painting character studies, it is more important to capture the character and mood than giving a photorealistic interpretation of the subject.
A series of paintings I am working on, where I want to capture the character op the person..... Faces that tell a story....
Adriaan was a model when he was younger.....but then he made the wrong choices....
Oil on canvas
24" x 47"
Oil on canvas
400 x 500 mm
A homeless man that I found on a very cold Winter's morning. He was drinking coffee and reading a book...
“Little girl at Gods's Window”
Oil on canvas
375 x 760mm
An informal trader's daughter at God's Window in South Africa
Oil on canvas
420 x 594 mm
Oil on canvas
18" x 24"
The daughter of a flower seller in Cape Town
Oil on canvas
762 x 508 mm
A wood seller in Durbanville, South Africa.
Oil on canvas
500 x 600 mm
A man from Citrusdal, South Africa
Oil on canvas
420 x 594 mm
A woman cleaning fish at Kalk Bay, South Africa
Oil on canvas
500 x 700 mm
Oil on canvas
600 x 700 mm
Oil on canvas
762 x 610 mm
“Adriaan Marthinus”
“Paarl Homeless Man”
“Primrose”
“Flower Seller's Daughter”
“Durbanville Wood Seller 2”
“Citrusdal Rasta”
“Visskoonmaker by Kalkbaai”
“Lioness ”
“Cheetah”
“African Buffalo”
