Anny Maddock, 1954 | Figurative painter
By Tutt'Art Bihiku Art Movements and Styles 20th century Art, 21st Century Art, African Art, Women Artists
Above the city lights, on the 15th floor, Cape Town's illustrious apartment view is backdropped by an explosion of artistic flavour and flair. At 10pm, the flamboyant Avisha sets the optics to delight with an array of acrylic colours and boundless blends.
'For Art Sakes' features a combination of air, fire, and earth, with crisp silica coatings to produce a mixture of enthralling patterns and textures. Bursts of colour and heat add a blistering passion in her myriad of swirling designs.
Ocean Planets - For Art Sakes |
Avisha Van Der Westhuizen grew up in South Africa and worked hard as an au pair, becoming very independent to grow successfully in a corporate environment. Spending time in the Western Cape meant an abundance of wilderness, flora, oceans and amazing sunsets.
Galvanised by her Tibetan terrier, Avisha took to painting as recently as 2019. After much praise from respectable art critics, Avisha grabbed the abstract world by storm and founded 'For Art Sakes'.
Her delightful attitude towards hard work, creative moments of inspiration, and enthusiastic love for surrealism, led Avisha to producing over 200 pieces of art in just 3 years. Her talent and enthusiasm glows in spite of many challenges in life. Avisha has promoted her work by giving away custom pieces and painting on friends' jackets, furniture, interior walls and flooring. The art provides warmth in a fuzzy layered ooze that resembles, at times, the haze and elves of 'middle earth' or the swirling convection of a gas giant like Jupiter.
2021 holds many wonderful occasions, and Avisha will be promoting her work online and by displaying her 'Ocean Planets' series in some of Cape Town's most prestigious art galleries.
Keep up to date with Avisha here:
Dragon Blue - Planet of Irin |
Silent Sprite Forest |
Lark (Item: 023) |
Cano (Item: 012) |
"Reflections" The Dawn of Design |
"Close To You" Abstract Acrylic Art |
"DNA" Expressing Life and Energy Through Art |
"Light Will Come" A Blend of Nature and Humanity |
"Phantasia V" Acrylic Paints Breathing Culture and Fluency |
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