​Contemporary South African Art

Born: 1949 East London

 

An artist of genre, landscapes, figures and animals.  Works in oil, acrylic, watercolour, gouache, ink, wood, fibreglass, airbrush, wire, metal, “found objects” and in various graphic media.

 

Studies:

1967-69 East London Technical College under Jack Lugg (qv)
 

Profile:

1973 began collaboration on Fook Island concept with Professor Walter Battiss (qv). 

1949-70 lived in East London, thereafter in the Transvaal.  1977 visited the USA and Europe,

1979 and 1980 visited the USA.  Between 1982

and 1986 spent a total of two years working

in New York and Los Angeles, USA.



Exhibitions:

He has participated in numerous group exhibitions from 1969 held throughout SA and in Italy, France, Switzerland, the UK, West Germany and the USA; 1969 Herbert Evans Gallery, Johannesburg, first of 19 solo exhibitions held in SA, SWA/Namibia, The Netherlands and the USA; 1979 Rand Afrikaans University, Retrospective Exhibition 1969-79; 1981 Republic Festival Exhibition; 1985 Cape Town Triennial; 1985 Tributaries, touring SA and West Germany; 1987 and 1988 Johannesburg Art Gallery, Vita Art Now.
 

Awards:

1973 Cambridge Shirt Award, Art SA Today, Durban; 1981 Graphic Award, Republic Festival Exhibition.
 

Represented:

Ann Bryant Gallery, East London; Boksburg Town Council Collection; Durban Art Gallery; Johannesburg Art Gallery; Pretoria Art Museum; Rand Afrikaans University; Sandton Municipal Collection; SA National Gallery, Cape Town; Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg; University of Natal; University of South Africa; University of Stellenbosch; University of the Witwatersrand; Walter Battiss (qv) Museum, Somerset East, Cape Province.
 

Reproductions by Catherine:

Numerous reproductions including in 1975 a self portrait lithograph; 1977 eight coloured postcards published with Gallery 21, Johannesburg; 1978 produced “Black Face” serigraph; 1980 11 original lithographs were published by Broederstroom Press, Transvaal; 1981 “Cactus Garden”, a lithograph published by Mirage Editions, Los Angeles, USA; 1983 “Identikit” lithograph published; 1984 four original lithographs published by Broederstroom Press, Transvaal. 

Publications by Catherine:

Last Letters from the Wilderness, with poetry by Ramsay MacKay, 1978, Johannesburg Records; Memo Book, with Alan Cameron to be published 1988-89

References:

BSAK 1&2; SA Art; The Airbrush Book, 1980, Orbis Publishers, London; 3Cs; AASA; The Advanced Airbrush Book, 1984, Orbis Publishers, London; LSAA; Artlook November 1969 & June 1972; Habitat no 1, 1973, no 12, 1975 &no 21, 1976; Deluxe vol 1, # 1, 1977, London; Rand Afrikaans University Retrospective Exhibition Catalogue 1979; Style December 1980; IDEA  164, VOL 29, January 1981, Tokyo; Sun Magazine February 1984; De Kat July 1987