Scully, Laurence

Bobbie Burgers is a contemporary Canadian painter. Her lush and Expressionistic depictions of flowers teeter on the verge of abstraction, bursting with bright color and laden with thickly applied, textural paint. “Flowers, to me, are the opposite of still,” the artist has explained. “Changing from minute to minute, they are perfect symbols for life, death, yearning, and beauty. My brushstrokes are layered with my own internal charges, depicting anger, frustration, softness, wanting, and more.” Born in 1973 in Vancouver, Canada, she studied Art History at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. Her work has been exhibited widely at home and abroad, notably including Art Market San Francisco and Equinox Gallery. Today, her works are in the collections of the Berost Corporation in Toronto and the Royal Bank of Canada, among others. Burgers lives and works in Vancouver, Canada.

Scully, Laurence

Born: 1922 Gibraltar
Resided in SA from 1938

A painter and graphic artist of abstract landscapes, cityscapes and seascapes. Numerous painting derived from the desert. Works in oil, watercolour, ink, wash, pencil, charcoal and in various graphic media. Creates “photo-drawings”, drawing in black pen on a photograph to outline, highlights or alter the image.

Studies:1944-45 part time at the Pretoria Art Centre under Le Roux Smith Le Roux; 1947-50 University

of the Witwatersrand under Douglas Portway, Charles Argent, Joyce Leonard and Marjorie Long, gaining a BA (FA); 1963 University of Pretoria under Professor F G E Nilant, where attained an MA (FA) cum laude.

Profile: An Honorary Life Member of the SAAA, 1969-74 Chairman of the Southern Transvaal Branch and in 1969-75 National Vice President; 1954 a founder member of the Contemporary Art Society. 1967 and 1969 Chairman of the Transvaal Academy. 1970-75 a Johannesburg Aesthetics Committee member. 1951-65 Art Master at Pretoria Boys High School; 1964-65 an external tutor for the University of South Africa; 1966-73 Head of the Art Department at the Johannesburg College of Education; 1976-84 Head and Professor of Fine Arts at the University

of Stellenbosch and from 1984 Emeritus Professor

of Fine Arts. 1961-75 chief examiner and later moderator of Matriculation Art Examination for the Joint Matriculation Board of the Transvaal Education Department; 1971 an external examiner for the University of Natal, in 1981 for Rhodes University

and in 1982 for Rhodes University and the Michaelis School of Art, Cape Town. 1951 designed costumes for the play “The Lady’s Not for Burning”, University of the Witwatersrand. Directed plays at Pretoria Boys High School. In 1957 created Multi-Image Performances, slide shows accompanied by classical music. 1973-75 a part time art editor for The Sunday Express, Johannesburg. 1978-84

a Trustee of the SA National Gallery, Cape Town. 1957 and 1986 European study tours of art and architecture. Visits to Lesotho and SWA/Namibia.

Exhibitions: He has participated in numerous group exhibitions from 1959 throughout SA, at the Venice and Sao Paulo Biennials and in the USA and West Germany; 1954 Whippman’s Gallery, Johannesburg, joint exhibitions held in SA and SWA/Namibia; 1965 Pretoria Art Museum, Prestige Exhibition; 1973 William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley, solo exhibition; 1974 National Gallery, Gaborone, Botswana, solo exhibition; 1975 National Museum, Bloemfontein, solo exhibition; 1981 Republic Festival Exhibition; 1982 New York, USA, solo exhibition.

Awards: 1965 Oppenheimer Painting Award, Art SA Today; 1981 Photographic Prize, Republic Festival Exhibition

Represented: Ann Bryant Gallery, East London; Arts Association SWA/Namibia Collection; Contemporary Art Society, Tate Gallery, London; Durban Art Gallery; Hester Rupert Art Museum, Graaff-Reinet; Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg College

of Education; National Gallery, Gaborone, Botswana; Pretoria Art Museum; Rand Afrikaans University; SA National Gallery, Cape Town; University of Cape Town; University of Durban-Westville; University of South Africa; University of Stellenbosch; University of the Witwatersrand; Willem Annandale Art Gallery, Lichtenburg; William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley.

Public Commissions: 1949 mural, N Knight Hospital, Transkei; 1971 Cityscape murals, Dudley Heights, Hospital Street, Johannesburg; 1972 Astral City, large canvases, Jan Smuts Airport, Johannesburg; 1978 Mandorla Murals, Konservatorium of Music, University of Stellenbosch; 1984 painting entitled “Flight” for SA Airway’s 50th Anniversary; 1985 mural, Sun International, Aloe Ridge, Transvaal. Numerous portrait commissions for educational establishments and corporate headquarters

References: SAA; 20C Art; SAP&S; SSAP; BSAK 1&2; Our Art 3; SA Art; Oxford Companion to 20C Art (under SA); 3Cs; AASA; LSAA; Artlook August 1968, February 1970, June 1971, October 1971 and April 1974; South African Garden & Home February 1982; SA Panorama January 1984 & June 1985; Flying Springbok August 1984; Gallery Spring 1985; SA Arts Calendar Autumn 1987