Artist Jeanette Fourie
Jeanette T Fourie
* Born – Pretoria , South Africa.
* Studies – Art degree - Johannesburg School of art.
* Taught art – All ages , adults and Special Ed.
* Exhibitions
SOUTH AFRICA
Several private homes, libraries , music and Art centers in in Gauteng .
GASTONIA, NC
Main Library ,Gastonia
Gaston College
Schiele museum
Clay Café
First Presbiterian Church- Hoffman Street
COLUMBIA ,SC
Art gallery
· Designed and painted décor for musicals and plays like :Annie get your gun,
The king and I , Little Mermaid etc.
· Muralist and Faux Finishing -3 years - South Africa ,Gastonia and Charlotte.
· Hobbies –hiking, nature, gardening, classical music and Jazz, people and and travel.
ABOUT MY WORK
* Media :
Acrylic , Pencil, pen and ink, oil pastels, printmaking and pottery.
· Subject matter-
Still life, Portriats, Combining and interacting elements in nature and the human figure.
* Inspired by :
Natural forms, positive and negative shapes, minimalism and simplicity, earthern colors , human figures, emotions and music.
My work is mostly abstract, realistic and minimalistic.
I try to create an atmosphere of peace and tranquility by using only the minimum in achieving the desired effect.
I work mostly from life, pencil and color studies, selected
photographs taken by myself ( of the object or landscape that I am working from).
I love to portray “the everyday object” in unexpected surroundings, settings by
using combinations of color and negative spaces .
At times, I like to zoom in on a
subject and almost overwork the image to achieve photo-realism
in combination to an otherwise abstract canvas.
I want to portray God’s love, His creation, and His gentleness in my paintings.
It’s more like a ministry to me and how I can tell people about God through my art.
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