We leave for Africa in just 4 days! We'll spend one day handing out blankets in Hillbrow, an inner city residential neighbourhood of Johannesburg. It is known for its high levels of population density, unemployment, poverty and crime. The majority of the residents are migrants from the townships, rural areas and the rest of Africa, many living in abject poverty. I just read "Cry the Beloved Country" by Alan Paton, a history of how the slums and inner city neighborhoods like this came to being. It's told through the story of a man who travels into one of these areas to find his son and his sister. You discover the painful reality of life in these neighborhoods through his eyes.
While I paint still lifes, landscapes, people and animals, light is the true focus of my work. I’m attracted to the strong contrasts that light and shadow create; besides having an instant impact on viewers, the light, or lack of it, seems essential in telling a story with otherwise ordinary scenes.
My hope is that my paintings speak of hope, affirmation and restoration, and create a sense of well being as they hang in your home.
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