60 Voortrekker Street
60 Voortrekker Street
Exhibiting Artists
Betsy Facer
I am a self-taught artist based in Citrusdal, known for my impressionistic oil paintings, as well as my textured mixed media artworks. Growing up in Namibia between the desert and savannah grasslands, I have always been fascinated by shapes, forms and textures. The simplicity of desert landscapes and colours inspired the almost monochrome palette I use in my artworks. My artistic choices are intuitive rather than premeditated. I use a variety of texture pastes, paper, paint, charcoal, pastels, fabric and natural fibres in my artworks. From time to time I vary my subject matter with oil portraiture. I have exhibited at De Oude Post in Phillidelphia, The Old Village Art Gallery, Citrusdal, Greyton Artwalk and Tulbach Spring arts Festival
Santie de Haan
She is a textile artist with a diverse creative background. She holds a BA degree and Teachers Diploma from Bloemfontein University, where her passion for languages and words fuels her artistic endeavors in textile art. Her work blends nature, literature, and spirituality into imaginary landscapes crafted from silk using techniques like machine collage, appliqué, embroidery, and quilting. Inspired by the resilience of trees in the Namib Desert, especially the Camelthorn tree, her art symbolizes life, growth, and the hidden worlds beneath desert sands.
Ansja le Roux
I am a self taught part-time artist residing in Citrusdal. I started painting in 2015 by attending weekly art classes and this is where I fell in love with creating art. At first I started out by painting portraits in oils, mostly children. By attending workshops I gained valuable knowledge and explored new mediums and techniques.
I enjoy painting portraits and flowers, and started to
combine the two. Flowers has a positive effect on your mood and by creating them I hope to convey this to whoever
is looking at them.