Artists Statements

From “Ninth street women” Mary Gabriel. “ Artists who were able to , who needed to work despite the desolation of the times, had been forced to look deeper for a subject, to look inside the only thing they could … Read More

Jill Trappler’s “Unfolding Her” is an exhibition about individuality or the search for individuality. Permeating through the fabrics, canvases and threads are signs for borders and traversal of those that the artist negotiates. Stitched in the crevices and lines of … Read More

                          The paintings for the exhibition at AVA, “Half light and shadow” are from an ongoing series, “weaving and unwoven”. The images are made on canvas with acrylic … Read More

I see the dreams of water, I see water dreaming. The four paintings, called “I see the dreams of water, I see water dreaming” flowed onto the canvases one after the other over a year or so. There was no … Read More

The two works titled ‘Cosmos 1’ and ‘Cosmos 2’ come from the large body of work:  ‘Unfolding Her’. In this series of mixed media works I looked at the personal and the collective in each image. To elaborate; I tried … Read More

Many writers, poets, musicians and visual artists have been struck by what is uniquely and ineffably African, and tried to express this in their work. One feels the African geography and all the people who inhabit the landscape most acutely … Read More

“This is where we meet” An exhibition of paintings, KZNSA gallery, Durban, May 2006 There is something unique about a meeting place, a “metaxy”, where personal boundaries coalesce and open up an offering for interaction and discovery. This exhibition explores … Read More

Ruth Prowse, June 2015 While thinking quietly about this presentation I was prompted from somewhere to say the following; Ruth Prowse School is an institution that offers freedom of movement in a structured nurturing environment, encouraging the development, growth and … Read More

Unfolding her Ava 2015 Thank you for joining us in discussion of this exhibition. I would like to give you some information and context then I am happy to have a conversation about specific pieces if you have comments or … Read More

SARAH- Much of your life as an artist has been spent in the field of teaching, is this something you’d always intended or something you found after learning art? What do these Workshops mean to you and has your family … Read More