(Pic: Anton Benzon at Crouse Gallery)
Fourth annual exhibition of paintings by respected South Coast landscape artist and gallery muse.
The fourth annual exhibition of paintings by respected South Coast landscape artist and gallery muse, Anton Benzon, is running at the Anton Benzon @ Crouse Art Gallery KZN.
The gallery celebrates three successful years and the exhibition coincides with the artist’s 65th birthday. Benzon has been honoured by having the Morningside gallery named after him. A huge body of his work has been on show since the gallery opened and this will be his fourth first solo exhibition in this space.
The work of Anton Benzon is identified by distinctive emotive landscapes. Working on canvas in oils using a palette knife, he captures various landscapes, and studies of trees in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, in particular. His work boasts an extraordinary sense of light and surprising palette of colours in impressionist-inspired textured paintings. He is interested in the visual relationship and spatial dialogue between the sky above and trees and flora below. The skies in Anton’s work are particularly detailed and moody – sometimes bold and brash, other times tentative and delicate.
This tranquil beautifully-lit gallery space in Morningside – a stone’s throw away from Windermere Centre - showcases excellent works of art by inspirational South African artists. Crouse Artdealers specialises in original SA art. They offer art by some of South Africa’s most sought-after artists like Anton Benzon, Errol Boyley, Hennie Niemand, Diane Erasmus, Bea, Este Mostert, Kobus Kotze, Luther Marais, Claerhout, Corne Weiderman, Andre De Beer, Christian Nice, Elga Rabe, Lienkie Lombard, Johan Smit, Chris Tugwell, Portchie, Charmaine Eastment, Nicky Chovu Chovu and many more. As well as South Africa’s most loved bronze artist Llewellyn Davies.
Anton Benzon @ Crouse Art Gallery is owned by Michelle Dodds (who also runs the gallery) and Chris and Suzette Crouse who have been dealing in South African art for the past 13 years.
Crouse Art Gallery KZN is situated at 56 Adrain Road in Morningside from Gallery hours are 9am til 4pm weekdays and 9am til noon on Saturdays (closed on Sundays). More information on 031 312 2315 or visit www.artdealers.co.za
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