Our Artists

Susan Orpen

Watercolour · Acrylic · Mixed Media

• Acrylic
• Watercolour

Susan has been practising and teaching art in Hout Bay for over a decade. Her work spans luminous watercolour landscapes to bold acrylic abstracts.

Kerri Sassen

Abstract · Mixed Media · Art Therapy

• Mixed media

A qualified occupational art therapist, Kerri creates a space where people explore abstraction freely — no experience needed, just an open mind.

Zara-Leigh Farinha

Abstract Acrylic · Oil · Large Format

• Oil
• Acrylic

Known for large-format abstract works in acrylic and oil, Zara-Leigh's Friday 'Permission to Play' class is joyful, free, and genuinely surprising.

Amara Dube

Oil · Figurative · Portrait

• Oil

Amara's portrait work celebrates South African faces with a richness of colour and deep sensitivity to light — each piece a quiet act of seeing.

Liesel van der Berg

Ceramics · Sculpture · Mixed Media

• Mixed media
• Ceramics

Working between clay and canvas, Liesel creates hand-built ceramic pieces and mixed media works that explore texture, form, and the quiet beauty of imperfection.

Natasha Hendricks

Printmaking · Photography · Collage

• Mixed media
• Photography

Natasha layers photographic imagery with hand-pulled prints and torn paper — works that draw on Cape Town's urban landscape, memory, and overlooked moments.

Artist 1

• Acrylic
• Oil

A multidisciplinary visual artist whose work explores the tension between memory and landscape. Works primarily in oil and mixed media.

Artist 10

• Drawing
• Mixed media

A watercolourist known for atmospheric coastal scenes and the quality of light in the Eastern Cape.

Artist 11

• Drawing

A collage and assemblage artist who recycles found materials into densely layered narrative works.

Artist 12

• Printmaking
• Drawing

A young emerging artist working in acrylic on paper, drawing on Ndebele geometric traditions in a contemporary context.

Artist 13

• Printmaking

A conceptual artist whose text-based works critique commercialism, media, and post-colonial language structures.

Artist 14

• Drawing

A landscape painter working plein air across the winelands and Drakensberg, known for intimate medium-scale oils.

Artist 15

• Mixed media

A figurative artist whose tender, intimate domestic scenes are rendered in soft graphite and coloured pencil.

Artist 16

• Ceramics

A mosaic artist whose large public commissions celebrate community heritage in Soweto and Durban.

Artist 17

• Watercolour

A linoprint artist drawing on Zulu cultural symbolism, pattern, and storytelling to create richly layered prints.

Artist 18

• Drawing

A mixed-media artist whose work excavates personal and collective trauma through layered image and text.

Artist 19

• Oil

A jeweller and sculptor working at human scale, fusing precious metals with industrial off-cuts and e-waste.

Artist 2

• Photography
• Acrylic

A contemporary painter known for large-scale abstract compositions. Graduated from the Michaelis School of Fine Art in Cape Town.

Artist 20

• Watercolour

A portrait photographer whose long-form documentary projects focus on youth, education, and aspiration.

Artist 21

• Acrylic

A wire sculptor whose intricate figurative works translate township life into delicate three-dimensional form.

Artist 22

• Mixed media

An abstract expressionist painter inspired by jazz, movement, and improvisation in the tradition of the Polly Street Art Centre.

Artist 23

• Photography

A textile artist and researcher exploring the politics of cloth, weaving, and bodily adornment in Southern Africa.

Artist 24

• Drawing

A pen-and-ink illustrator known for intricately detailed architectural and landscape drawings of vanishing streetscapes.

Artist 25

• Printmaking

A multi-media artist whose immersive video and sound installations respond to climate, ecology, and loss.

Artist 3

• Printmaking
• Photography

A sculptor and installation artist whose practice interrogates urban identity and belonging. Based in Johannesburg.

Artist 4

• Sculpture
• Printmaking

A printmaker and draughtsperson with a deep interest in botanical forms and natural systems. Recent work focuses on the Karoo ecosystem.

Artist 5

• Drawing
• Sculpture

A photographer and video artist examining labour, migration, and belonging in post-apartheid South Africa.

Artist 6

• Ceramics
• Drawing

An interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of textiles, performance, and archival research.

Artist 7

• Drawing
• Ceramics

A ceramicist whose vessels fuse functional craft with conceptual inquiry into the domestic sphere.

Artist 8

• Watercolour
• Drawing

A self-taught charcoal artist celebrated for emotionally charged portraiture capturing ordinary South Africans.

Artist 9

• Mixed media
• Watercolour

A digital artist and educator whose practice spans augmented reality, generative code, and screen-based installation.

Jacqui Sundelson

Jacqui is a self-taught fashion designer whose love affair with fabric began at age twelve. Over the years, she's built four distinct creative labels: Belter (her clothing label), Shloompa (bold robes and gowns), Graze & Gossip (bespoke tableware), and The House of Sunny's (textile-based interior design). She brings that same passion and precision to teaching, sharing foundational skills that open the door to a lifetime of making.

Janice Grant

I am an artist and teacher at heart, with a background in fine art, photography and graphic design. Drawing and painting are my happy place—a space where I can slow down, switch off, and just create. I love pencil and pen, especially a good doodle where I can get lost in detail, but I also enjoy getting messy with oils and experimenting with clay. I’m happiest when I’m exploring and trying new things rather than overthinking them. Teaching feels completely natural to me. I love sharing creativity in a relaxed, fun way where people feel free to try, play, and surprise themselves. While I don’t focus much on showing my own work, I’m passionate about helping others discover their creativity. I’m inspired by nature, tiny details, emotions, and a lifelong love of elephants.

Shelley Cowling

Shelley is a painter who celebrates the character of buildings, interiors, people, and flowers through vibrant, expressive work. She uses bold colours and loose brushstrokes to capture energy and spontaneity — the essence of her subject rather than precise detail. Her approach invites you to embrace imperfection and see beauty in the everyday.