Skotnes, Pippa

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.

Skotnes, Pippa

Born: 1957 Johannesburg

A printmaker depicting landscapes, interiors and objects revealing aspects of the South African way of life. 1983 a portfolio entitled “Imprints – Man’s Impact on the SA Landscape”, 1985 a portfolio entitled “Shelter”

Studies: 1974-82 Michaelis School of Fine Art, gaining

a BA (FA) in 1979, a Post Graduate Diploma in Etching with distinction in 1980 and an MA (FA) with distinction, in 1983. For her studies she has been awarded the following scholarships: MacIver 1980, 1981 and 1982; Jules Kramer 1980 and 1982; Human Sciences Research Council Grant 1981; the Hugh and Win Walker Scholarship and the Harold Crossley Travel Grant, enabling her to go on a study tour of the USA and Europe 1981-82

Profile: From 1979 a member of the Artists Guild,

Cape Town. From 1984 a part time lecturer and MA (FA) Supervisor at the Michaelis School of Fine Art. From 1985 has held the John Platter wine label commission. Married to David Brown; daughter

of Cecil Skotnes and sister of John Skotnes.

Exhibitions: She has participated in many group exhibitions from 1980 in SA, the nine solo exhibitions; 1985 Tributaries, touring SA and West Germany;

1987 and 1988 Johannesburg Art Gallery,

Vita Art Now.

Award: 1987 H G Steyn Award for Excellence.

Represented: Durban Art Gallery; Johannesburg

Art Gallery; Pretoria Art Museum; Roodepoort

Museum; SA National Gallery, Cape Town; University

of Cape Town; University of South Africa; University

of Stellenbosch; University of the Western Cape; University of the Witwatersrand.

References: LSAA; Fair Lady September 1986;

Style May 1988; ADA no 5, 1988