to the online Gallery of South African Artist, Izak Geldenhuys.
Izak Geldenhuys, one of few South African artists with the ability to capture
and represent the essence of the visual and emotional content of the scenes
of Southern Africa, has been painting for the greater part of his life. During
the period from the 1990s to the present he regularly undertook extensive trips
through Southern Africa to places such as Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia,
Malawi and Tanzania. He has held two exhibitions in 2006 and 2007 respectively
and the themes of these exhibitions mainly dealt with the scenes of these trips.
He prefers places where there are no or few people and he often works in the open
such as the bush or desert.
His style has developed from impressionistic to exactness and precision or
realism. In his latest work, he began departing from the traditional landscape
and wild life scenes and he started to depict people and the emotions they
experience during their everyday lives. The latest of his works are part of his
Anglo Boer War series.
Izak's studio is situated in Groenkloof, Pretoria where he works in acrylics,
oil, pen and ink, pencil, charcoal and also etching on copper plate.
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