TEACHING 2018
RUTH PROWSE SCHOOL. On Monday mornings I attend a session in the upstairs drawing room at the Ruth Prowse school in Woodstock. The studio is equipped with easels, chairs and tables. Sometimes I organise a model for the morning. On …
Familiar places
In November 2012 Trappler exhibited 8 large (175 x 270 cm) canvases at Knysna fine art. These were extraordinary still, beautiful images emphasizing her skill with the visceral, vibrancy of colour and the hovering of embedded line. The 8 oil …
Monday Morning Classes
Monday morning classes continue through the year; Ruth Prowse, 9:30 to 12:30. There is usually a model; Portraits, life drawing, you own work; we will meet in various venues during the spring and summer. Join the friendly, busy, interactive group …
The Moods of Textures in Jill Trappler’s “Unfolding Her”
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 …
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Weaving meaning through art with Jill Trappler
Jill strokes the brightly coloured tablecloth, gazing at nothing in particular. Deep blue paint is lodged under her chipped finger nails. A weaver by trade, a painter at heart, Jill Trappler has been working in Cape Town as a visual …
Monday Morning Sessions
Monday morning sessions at Ruth Prowse school start on the 6th of February and continue through to 10th April 2017. (no class on the 20th March) Please see details about the sessions in the 2016 information.
Student Review: Jill Trappler and Eunice Geustyn’s ‘Half Light and Shadow ’ Eunice Geustyn & Jill Trappler
By Keren Bauman AVA, Cape Town 01.09.2016 – 01.10.2016 The saying, enough is enough, is what comes to mind after viewing the collaborative exhibition ‘Half Light and Shadow’ by Jill Trappler and Eunice Geustyn. The violent heavily symbolic content of …
UNFOLDING INTO SPRING
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UCT Summer School 2017
Dear Summer School participant It is with pleasure that we announce that our Summer school 2017 brochure is on line. Please note that Summer School takes place from Monday 16 to Friday 27 January. Please use the link below: http://www.summerschool.uct.ac.za/ …