Drawing her
inspiration from the beauty of the natural world, Diane Erasmus has acquired a
reputation as a sensitive and highly original artist. Her vivid and colourful
landscapes and water scenes speak of a profound spiritual awareness, yet remain
grounded in those elements which define a great work of art. Erasmus prefers to
work from life and she travels extensively in order to glean new material for her
paintings.
Similarly, the work
of Durban artist Coral Spencer is filled with light and life. Her interest in
body language and relationships can be seen in her figure placement and
conceptual work that explores the body and its relationship to itself and
others. “My love of form allows me to exercise my need to perfect skill and
understand skin and the play of light on skin. A genuine interest in the human
condition, fear of it and love of it fuels my need to explore it more and
unwrap it in my work. Time passing and the implications of this on the body and
the mind are a source of interest. As of the other side to my art, the painting
of the beaches, ‘The great watering holes in life.’ These works tell the same
story, just in plain English.”
Telling stories in
clay is what ceramic artist Trayci Tompkins enjoys most. Her training in
Theatre Crafts and Performing Arts give her the creative thrust to combine
everyday emotion, storytelling and artistic technical skill into her latest stoneware
fired sculpture. Well-known for her statement hand-coiled smoke fired urns and
raku fired vessels, Tompkins balances the individuality as a maker with her
commercial studio range and vibrant retail outlet, Zulu-lulu ceramic boutique,
set in the heart of the Midlands Meander. ‘Clay allows me the canvas to put my
thoughts into stories as they play out in my head…. My training in theatre,
mime and dance has influenced how I teach and design, and what I choose to make
– it’s a personal signature of expression”.
Three Non
Blondes will be showing in The History Room, Main Theatre, at Hilton
College.
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