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Anthony Harris' work has always been motivated by nature - from microscopic to panoramic. His latest work has its essence in the Karoo and Richtersveld landscape, although it has no reference to specific place or time. Mankind or his flotsam is seldom represented. Harris chooses marks and shapes that evoke a recollection of an object or a mood.

In the new series of work titled "Mapping" and "Mapping Boundaries", Harris conceptually explores land issues: social geography, political, culture and cultural identity.

"Subtle and evocative"
Basil Friedlander, The Natal Mercury

"Harris has a most unusual eye for landscape, simultaneously demonstrating a novel technique to capture the harsh and beautiful reflections of South Africa."
Bob Eveleigh, Weekend Post

Current work can be viewed at the following Galleries:
Anthony Harris Fine Art Gallery: 16 Fordyce Road, Port Elizabeth
Knysna Fine Art: Knysna
Cuyler St Gallery: Port Elizabeth
Gallery 69: V+A Waterfront Cape Town
Montage Gallery: Port Elizabeth
Art Works Gallery: Somerset West
VEO Gallery: De Waterkant, Cape Town
Gallery Afrikana: Melbourne, Australia
Francois Du Toit Gallery: Knysna
Tamasa Gallery: Durban KwaZulu-Natal
Textures Gallery: Port Elizabeth
David Brown Fine Art: Johannesburg

Work is found in private, corporate and public collections in South Africa, Australia, Canada, UK, U.S.A. India, Saudi Arabia, Sweden and Holland.

More of Anthony Harris' work can be viewed on his website: www.anthonyharris.co.za

Affiliate Organisation: www.southafricanartists.com

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Janet Botes is a South African visual and mixed media artist who works in a variety of art media and techniques. She's been involved in a variety of projects and initiatives, and have participated in various exhibitions in Gauteng and the Western Cape.

ARTIST STATEMENT

"I aim to express truth in the way that I feel and see it, knowing very well that my perception of truth differs from anyone else, but hoping that I might visually represent something that the viewer can identify with. I paint, draw and create from the eyes of a young, South African woman with a reverence and love for nature and an understanding of the world around me that are mostly in a strange balance between appreciation, respect and acceptance of everything and everyone; and ignorance, aversion and despair of our disregard for the natural environment and each other, and our resistance to change.

I find peace and fulfillment in the creative process, whether I'm taking photographs, drawing or working with wood. I love working in a variety of mediums and formats that include mixed media, photography, painting, drawing, performance art, sculpture and digital media. My work is very experimental, often with a very organic quality, and are developed through a very intuitive process of responding to my subject matter and materials as I go along, rather than having a complete plan or goal in my mind of what I intend to create."

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

HumanEarth: Conversation
Wessel Snyman Creative, Western Cape. 11 - 22 January 2011.

VAN-Guard Winelands Group Exhibition
Durbanville Hills, Western Cape. 8 June - 18 July 2010.

African Oddyssey
Group Exhibition, Raw Vision Gallery, Woodstock, Cape Town. May - August 2010.

State of Mind
Group Exhibition, VANSA Spin Space, Cape Town. 30 November - 11 December 2009.

Sangisa Sangisa
Group Exhibition, VANSA Spin Space, Cape Town. 21 September - 2 October 2009.

AVA members Exhibition
Group Exhibition, Association of Visual Arts, Cape Town. 27 July - 15 August 2009.

MOLO LOMO
Group Lomography Exhibition, Thupelo Greatmore Studios. 23 April - 6 May 2009.

Unified: Unpretty, Unclean, Underneath, Unnatural
Quartet Group exhibition, Eat Your Words Artspace, Vereeniging.
2 - 19 December 2008.

BoereChinese
Group Exhibition, Gallery at Duncan Yard, Hatfield, Pta. 7 November- 22 December 2008.

Dabbling in Digital Dichotomies
Group Exhibition, Magpie Gallery, Irene, Pta. 6 - 23 September 2008.

Between the lines
Quartet Group exhibition, Gallery at Duncan Yard, Hatfield, Pta. 11 - 28 October 2008.

Janet's Work can be viewed on her website at www.janetbotes.co.za and work in progress, as well as projects, can be seen on her blog at www.janetbotes.blogspot.com.

Affiliate Organisation: www.stateoftheart.co.za