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  • 30 December 202130 December 2021

Even taking the dreaded lurgy out of the picture, it’s been a tough year – the toughest.  I’m not always sure how I manage to keep making work but somehow it’s what saves me, time and again.  It’s a valuable lesson to keep creating, in spite of circumstances – it’s very definitely therapy.  I may not be creative every day but there is generally something on the boil to keep me moving forward.  I have found in the last couple of years that I am stitching into my work more than I ever have – perhaps an analogy for keeping things together.

The South African portrait award was held again this year, hosted by Rust-en-Vrede Gallery in Durbanville, despite losing their major sponsor. All kudos to the team for keeping things going under very difficult circumstances.  I took the plunge and entered my stitched self portrait with the title “Every Woman in me is Tired!” Read more “Portrait” →

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Next up is a Botanical Printmaking workshop  in Gansbaai on 27th May  I will also be doing a Printmaking workshop in Johannesburg in June – details to be announced.

 

 

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