Tracy
Thoughts on plein air painting in the Karoo, and news from my studio.
Learn landscape painting in the beautiful Karoo. I offer private oil painting lessons for individuals or groups in Adendorp and Graaff-Reinet. What I teach: Traditional representational landscape and still life oil painting. What you’ll learn in my lessons: The…
The things I absolutely cannot paint without. This is a thorough list of the art supplies that I currently use for creating my paintings. None are the links are affiliate links. Let’s start with the paint I paint with South African paint for economic and…
I was really itching to start painting when I started this one. It a very hot day during our second week in Adendorp. There were cicadas in the trees, Tom & Fred (the pets) were lounging in the shade. I put on a big sun hat and headed off left out of the gate. A…
Hello there from a sunny and warm Graaff Reinet. It couldn’t be more different here today than the day we packed up and the morning we left from Stanford. We packed a 4-metre long trailer with pretty much everything we own while it hailed and rained on the Sunday. The…
In July this year, I had a wonderful experience. One of my paintings was sold at an auction at Strauss & Co auctioneers. The auction was a collaboration between Strauss & Co, Hermanus FynArts and Intethe Gallery. Barbara Lindop curated a collection of artworks…
Thursday 18th & Friday 19th April 2024Fork & Farm, Stanford Two-day plein air landscape painting workshop. For this workshop, we will be focusing on taking the complexity of the landscape and simplifying it into basic shapes. Discover and develop practical…
I’m excited to be part of a group show of small artworks at The DOOS Gallery in Knysna. Friday 28th July 3 – 6 pmSaturday 29th July 10 am – 1 pm The DOOS GalleryThe Showroom15 Meeu StreetKnysna Industria
Value studies are the key to successful representational painting. Value is how light or how dark something is. Establish the value relationships between the shapes in your composition. This gives you a very good chance of creating something that the viewer can…
How I find inspiration, and on working en plein air. I live in a BIG dramatic landscape that includes the Kleinrivier (Little River), Kleinriviersberg (Little River Mountain) and Akkedisberg (Lizard Mountain), abundant Fynbos flora, the leafy historic village of…
One of my artist bucket list items is being ticked off this year. I’ve been invited to exhibit with Jan and Sue Vingerhoets at their farm gallery at the Baardskeerdersbos Art Route on the 15th and 16th April 2023. For more information, visit the…