Mining and Damaged Landscapes
This theme is all encompassing. I dropped figuration in my artwork and looked for metaphors in the land, sky, and water. I explored polluted and toxic water as a life source, links to poisoning the land and people in mining and the destruction of war. Sinister and hopeless, yet nature regenerates….
The writing of my book Finding Voice, and the academic debates and discourse around colonialism, representation, and othering, presented me with a period of introspection and questioning. Other than artist books or portfolio collaborations, I stopped making art for many years and have not had an exhibition in 14 years. Coming back to landscape is always grounding for me. There are always charred remains or scars of damage. There are always horizons. Returning and re-claiming old plates, reworking them 10 to 20 years later, affirms the cycle, as does reflecting on my changing landscape at UJ and Artist Proof Studio. I am rediscovering purpose and meaning in the ordinary, as I did in those journeys after coming home in 1991..
Minescape near Springs II, 2005, Etching monoprint, variable edition
Eastrand Ridge, 2005, Etching monoprint, variable edition
Near Brakpan I, 2005, Etching monoprint, variable edition
Near Brakpan II, 2005, Etching monoprint, variable edition
Unburied Dead I, 2001, Monotypes
Unburied Dead II, 2001, Monotypes
The Way It Is!, 2001, Monoprint
Dislocated Landscapes I, 2009, Etching monoprint, variable edition
Dislocated Landscapes II, 2009, Etching monoprint, variable edition
Dislocated Landscapes III, 2009, Etching monoprint, variable edition
Dislocated Landscapes IV, 2009, Etching monoprint, variable edition
Red ribbons on a pond I, KZN (published by The Artists Press) 2005, Lithograph
Sinister Water II, Joburg Lake, 2005, Monotype
Suburban Waste II, Spruit near Athol, 2005, Monotype
Ghosts of Stilfontein I, 2025, Etching
Ghosts of Stilfontein II, 2025, Etching
Excavating Ghosts I, 2025, Etching monoprint, variable edition
Excavating Ghosts II, 2025, Etching monoprint, variable edition (the edition is in B&W)
Reclaiming Crown Mines I, 2025, Etching
Reclaiming Crown Mines II, 2025, Etching
Alien Landscape, 2009, Monotype
Alien Landscape I, White River, 2008, Etching
Alien Landscape II, White River, 2008, Etching
Alien Landscape III, 2009, Monotype
Winter Camp I, 2009, Monotype
Rifle Range I, Roodepoort, 2009, Monotype
Rifle Range II, Roodepoort, 2009, Monotype
Mpumalanga Fire series: A collaboration with Thabang Lehoybe, 2006, Drypoint on plastic
