STILL LIFE 2020 group exhibition ~ Saronsberg Kunsteater (Art Theatre) Tulbagh, South Africa

Artist statement:

2020 became life with prohibition within a still life and islands of hope and memory. But still, life kept the ball rolling. No walks on the beach. No swimming in the ocean. But still life kept the ball rolling. 2020 became life within a still life island. Isolated dreaming of ladders to the stars, whilst the zebra free to roam, laughed. 2020 became life within a still life. NDZ and the Command Council became god's and dictated and commanded. Tobacco and alcohol was banished in the land and it was written in the commandments ‘Though shall not share thou zol’. The hairy mythological mischievous tokoloshe made himself visible. Tobacco was sourced from the underground market place. The teddy bear climbed down off the mantelpiece, playful as ever, comforting as ever, and held on tightly to the tobacco lest the tokoloshe consume it all. 2020 became life within a still life and the playgrounds and stadiums were devoid of life and team spirit. Still, life kept the ball rolling. The tokoloshe threw the dice and it was decided who should die and who should live. Still life kept the ball rolling. There were no sonic booms of jetliners above the valley. They had been captured, whilst the zebra roamed free. Whilst the dolphins danced and played where man could not venture. Still life kept the ball rolling. There were no mountains to climb no forests to explore. Windows and open doors framed the silent landscape. Inside and outside merged into one mindscape. And the tree in the landscape stood alone unhugged. Still, life kept the ball rolling. The ash was discarded and the remnants of a cigarette kept in a bowl for recycled usage. The game of snakes and ladders became a survival game whilst the snake on the mountain side undisturbed from under its rock, came to visit and play. Still life kept the ball rolling. Time became irrelevant and day and night merged into one. Still, life kept the ball rolling. The tokoloshe sat and smoked his illegal tobacco zol well into the night by candlelight debating the human condition with teddy, whilst a butterfly flapped its wings and somewhere a million miles away, a leaf rustled in that breeze. Whilst still, life kept the ball rolling.

TINY TREASURES On-line Exhibition 2020 Art.b Gallery (Association of Arts Belville)

Cape Town, South Africa

Art.b Gallery MEMBERS EXHIBITION (Association of Arts Belville) 2020

PURE PAARL Group Exhibition

FFG The Square Circle, Paarl, South Africa ~ February 2020

A group exhibition of artists from Paarl and surrounding areas

CHRISTO COETZEE GALLERY ~ TULBAGH ARTS FESTIVAL 2019

Tulbagh Infinite Arts Awards (TIAA) Festival Exhibition with Christo Coetzee, Saronsburg Wines, Oakhurst Olives

The Festival-Price Studio Sale group exhibition

Honoured to have my graphite pencil drawing 'Ani Ma'amin (I Believe)' appear on the cover of

'The Maccabean' Rosh Hashanah edition, Perth, Australia.

VULEKA 2019 finalist : 'The playground - A self-portrait' (PITT oil based pencil)

The annual Vuleka Art Competition was established by Artb in 1963, making it the oldest continuous art competition in

South Africa. “Works indicating an original concept, strong, individual expression and excellent technical execution are

considered for the exhibition and awards”. Vuleka, from isiXhosa, means ‘Open’ .

TINY TREASURES VI Exhibition 2019 Art.b Gallery (Association of Arts Belville)

Cape Town, South Africa

OPEN STUDIO ~ 3 March 2019

This was my first OPEN STUDIO event at my new Studio in Paarl. Thank you to all those who attended and a special thank you to those who traveled from surrounding towns and Cape Town, to those who purchased art and to all for making the event a success. Thank you to Rev Dovid Jubiler for the affixing of the new Mezuzah on the Studio doorpost Ceremony.

TINY TREASURES V Exhibition 2018 Art.b Gallery (Association of Arts Belville) Belville, South Africa