Original Christian Oil Painting

I completed and posted my latest Christian oil painting "A Mother's Pain" to the paintings gallery. More details on this painting.

Bible Verses Related to this Oil Painting

Matthew 1:20 (NKJV)But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

John 19:25 (NKJV)Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

Isaiah 53:5 (NKJV)But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

1 Peter 2:24 (NKJV)who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.

1 Corinthians 15:3 (NKJV)For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

Romans 14:9 (NKJV)For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

John 3:16 (NKJV)For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

New Oil Painting

My gallery has been updated with my latest oil painting "Esther's Sacrifice ". Click here for more information on this painting

Bible Verses Related to this Oil Painting

Esther 2:17 (NKJV)
The king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so he set the royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.

Esther 4:8 (NKJV)
He also gave him a copy of the written decree for their destruction, which was given at Shushan, that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her, and that he might command her to go in to the king to make supplication to him and plead before him for her people.

Esther 4:11 (NKJV)
“All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that any man or woman who goes into the inner court to the king, who has not been called, he has but one law: put all to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter, that he may live. Yet I myself have not been called to go in to the king these thirty days.”

Esther 5:2 (NKJV)
So it was, when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, that she found favor in his sight, and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther went near and touched the top of the scepter.

1 Peter 2:24 (NKJV)
who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.

Dane Willers - South African Artist

The Artist attended various art schools and developed his very particular style once he felt that formal art is too limiting, restrictive and does not allow for his very expressive nature. His very first Oil Painting was acquired by a law firm in the Cape in 1968 and was sold for the equivalent of US$ 10.00 at the time. Since then he has done in excess of 1000 works that have found their way to all corners of the globe. He re-located to Botswana in 1983 where he became renowned for his depiction of the unique Botswana landscape, Wildlife, rural scenes and activities.He has over the past 40 years done numerous commissionings for corporations as well as private individuals, has supplied works to - amongst others - the following:

The previous President of Botswana - 1988 to 1998
Debswana Diamond Company( De Beers, Botswana)
Teemane Diamond Manufacturing Corporation
Standard Chartered Bank Barclays
African Bank CorporationLBB (German Engineering Co.)
Serowe Council
Botswana Power Corporation
Charlton Electrical Engineering
Botswana Telecoms
Chief Justice M. Gaborone
Ministry of Health, Botswana
President of Barkino Faso - 1997
De BeersMorupule Colliery (Anglo American)
President of Botswana (1998-2008)

In addition, numerous works have been aquired by companies and private individuals and are in collections in Denmark,Germany,Wales,USA, Switzerland, Namibia, RSA, Botswana, Holland, France, Italy and many more. He has done 8 Commissions in 2007 for private collectors. His studio is in the Serowe Art Gallery, which he built as a community asset for the Boiteko Trust and is situated in Serowe, which was once the capitol of Botswana and still is the venue of cultural and historic reference. It is situated in the Central District and is directly adjacent to the main rout to the Okavango Delta, Chobe and the North.The Gallery is also used as a venue for upcoming young artists to promote and display their work. Much of the Artist's time is dedicated to the assistance of the youth with art classes, materials, guidance and mentoring - not only artistically but also on the wonders of life and creation. Dane has an intimate knowledge of the African bush, Wildlife, Culture and Lifestyle and captures the very essence of Creation in such a manner that it truly celebrates the beauty of creation.

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New Oil Painting

My gallery has been updated with my latest oil painting "Esther Meets the King". This potrait is of the Biblical Esther meeting the King for the first time. She would later marry the King and as the Queen she would save the Jewish nation from destruction. Click here to view this oil painting in my gallery.

Paul Weinberg - South African Artist

Paul Weinberg is a South African born photographer with a strong commitment to the land and its people. He was a founder member of Afrapix photographic agency, well known for its uncompromising stand and visual portrayal of the apartheid system and the resistance to it and later helped establish South Photographs, a family of South African documentary photographers. Paul has a large body of work that explores people, life, culture and environment around him, beyond the news and beyond the headlines. His work has often been against the traffic challenging stereotypes, prevailing comfortable myths and himself as in the case of his documentary of his home-town, Pietermaritzburg (Going Home, 1985-90).

His in-depth photography on other people and issues has often taken him years to complete living with people for months at a time. In Search of the San was a long and in depth documentation about the lives of the modern San living in Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. He has spent nearly two decades on this project living and reflecting on their modern day existence. The outcome of these efforts resulted in a number of exhibitions locally and internationally and a book (In Search of the San). His documentary project with the Kosi Bay community, at the time under threat of removal by the apartheid government and the local conservation authorities developed into a three -year relationship and exhibition for which he received the Mother Jones Documentary Award. Other exhibitions and projects reflect human rights issues, environment, development and more recently work in the field of HIV and AIDS.

His photographs have appeared in a number of established International publications - Der Spiegel, New York Times, LA Times, Time, Red, The Independent (London), Vrye Nederland and Elsivier, Geo and has been published in many others. Locally his work has appeared in Leadership Magazine, Marie Claire, Africa Environment and Wildlife and Sawubona amongst others.He has also worked extensively for non-governmental organisations. He was a founder member of New Ground Magazine based at EDA (a South African development organisation) serving in the capacity as photographer and picture editor. He has worked for the International Red Cross Society, Oxfam (UK, Canada and Australia), Save The Children, The Bernard Leer, Ford, the Mott, and Liberty Life Foundations.He has been widely published in a number of collective books, notably The Cordoned Heart (Gallery press, Norton),1986; Beyond the Barricades (a co-editor and photographer), (Aperture), 1989 ; Fault Lines, by David Goodman (University of California Press), 1999; Group Portrait (Kwela), 2003

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South African Artist - Estelle Van Schalkwyk

Estelle Van Schalkwyk is a South African artist known for the meticulous and lifelike detail that her work displays.Her inspiration is from her love for nature, specifically wildlife, which she acquired while growing up in Zimbabwe. Estelle Van Schalkwyk was born into a family with a rich artistic heritage. She is related to the late and well-known, Hugo Naude, who was famous for his works of the flowering fields of Namaqualand. Her Aunt Hettie Naude won a scholarship that enabled her to study art in Paris and in her own family, art provides an income for her mother and four sisters.Her topics are mainly wildlife and bird studies.Estelle Van Schalkwyk uses colour pencils to capture the realism of the animals and birds, and watercolours to create the softer backgrounds.Her involvement as a founder member of the Helderberg region Art Route, permanent member of the Country Craft Market and the Western Cape Watercolour Group ensures that she has ample exposure to fellow artists in the region and personal contact with the public. Estelle Van Schalkwyk has held exhibitions at Pretoria, Somerset-West, Stellenbosch and Dartmouth in Canada and also at the well-known Spier Wine Estate and V & A Waterfront. Her work has been on display in galleries in Pretoria, Plettenberg Bay, Knysna, Mossel Bay, Stellenbosch, Somerset West and Cape Town. She has also done work for a leading stationery outlet in South Africa, which included a calendar of endangered wildlife and designs for writing paper, wrapping paper and cards.

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Nina Van Der Westhuizen - South African Artist

South African artist Nina Van Der Westhuizen was born and grew up in Robertson in the Little Karoo, South Africa.

After school Nina Van Der Westhuizen obtained a BA Degree in Art from the University of Stellenbosch.

She taught art for five years before starting to paint full time in 1983.
In 1986 Nina Van Der Westhuizen had her first solo exhibition at the Dorp Street Gallery in Stellenbosch.

In 1991 she moved to Darling, about 70 kilometers from Cape Town, where Nina Van Der Westhuizen stays with her husband, daughter and pets.
Since 1986 Nina Van Der Westhuizen has had several exhibitions, but most of her work comes from commissions. Her paintings can be found in private collections all over the world.
Nina Van Der Westhuizen was invited to exhibit at the Florence Biennale in Italy at the end of 2005.

Nina Van Der Westhuizen works in oil on canvas and paints the frames onto the canvas. Her subject matter varies from still life to wild animals, landscape and people. She is influenced by the vibrancy, adventure and magic of Africa!

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Gunther Van Der Reis- South African Artist

South African artist Gunther Van Der Reis' works are strongly landscape orientated. His main inspiration has always been the aesthetic surface of the painting. This Gunther Van Der Reis explores through various media such as oils, acrylics, vinyl acetate, epoxy, stainless steel as well as bronze sculpture. The emphasis on a luminously activated surface runs through all his works no matter what the medium. It harks back to his early years when he grew up at the sea in the Strand and always had a passion for the rugged rocks and mountains and generally, for the splendid environment of the Cape.

As a young artist Gunther Van Der Reis was introduced to the works of Spanish artists which gave a lifelong direction to his work. The intense exploration of the objectified surface remained a dominant factor in his work throughout his career. Much of his work emerged during the early sixties when a group of South African artists worked along these lines. They were strongly influenced by Arte Povera, which had spread in Europe and was largely publicised by Italian critics. The works of this movement had an earthy quality and the colours used accorded well with the nature and visions of our Karoo landscape. This, in the work of Gunther Van Der Reis, resulted in impressive paintings with rich and warm textures. In essence, in his constant quest for the aesthetic surface, the artist achieves something which is very unique. He captures, as perhaps no other South African artist, the raw beauty, the rugged splendor and glow of the South African landscape.

Born Hamburg, Germany, 1927. Gunther Van Der Reis came to South Africa with his parents in 1937. Training at the Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town and later MA Art at the University of Pretoria. Taught at Schools in Cape Town till 1956 and then came to Pretoria to teach University of Pretoria students at the Pretoria Art Centre. Later lecturer at the Pretoria Education College. Joined the art department of the Pretoria Technikon in 1963 ,first as lecturer and later as senior lecturer responsible for painting and graphic art. Full-time artist since 1988.

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Christian Oil Paintings

My new website, GodsKingdomArt.com, is finally complete and I invite you all to visit the website containing my original Cristian oil paintings.

South African Artist Koos Van Der Lende

South African artist Koos van der Lende's intensely personal engagements with the environment underpin his status as a leading South African landscape photographer. Born in Pretoria, South Africa (1955), he emigrated to the Netherlands with his Dutch parents in 1971. After completing his studies at the School of Photography in The Hague, he visited the country of his birth in 1977. The experience prompted him to return on a more permanent basis, and in 1983 he immigrated back to South Africa. He spent the next two decades working as a commercial photographer, in 2002 decisively abandoning the confines of a studio environment for the outdoors, where he spends most of his year photographing series of limited edition work.

Van der Lende's portfolio is testimony of his formidable artistic talent and unrelenting dedication to the art of photography. Working from Pretoria, he mostly shoots in panoramic format using the time-honoured film and darkroom processing techniques. The large vistas his camera records are technically complex, Van der Lende spending days, sometimes even weeks researching the ambience of each potential composition. Typically, his pictures blend natural and artificial lighting sources, with minimal intervention afterwards during the printing and reproduction of his spectacular prints. The photographer imbues the picturesque quality of his landscapes with an added layer of spiritual intensity, although Van der Lende is by no means proscriptive in enforcing this view. Modesty is central to both his character and his work, which in itself records an awestruck moment of humility and wonder.

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South African Artist Koos Van Der Lende

South African artist Koos van der Lende's intensely personal engagements with the environment underpin his status as a leading South African landscape photographer. Born in Pretoria, South Africa (1955), he emigrated to the Netherlands with his Dutch parents in 1971. After completing his studies at the School of Photography in The Hague, he visited the country of his birth in 1977. The experience prompted him to return on a more permanent basis, and in 1983 he immigrated back to South Africa. He spent the next two decades working as a commercial photographer, in 2002 decisively abandoning the confines of a studio environment for the outdoors, where he spends most of his year photographing series of limited edition work.

Van der Lende's portfolio is testimony of his formidable artistic talent and unrelenting dedication to the art of photography. Working from Pretoria, he mostly shoots in panoramic format using the time-honoured film and darkroom processing techniques. The large vistas his camera records are technically complex, Van der Lende spending days, sometimes even weeks researching the ambience of each potential composition. Typically, his pictures blend natural and artificial lighting sources, with minimal intervention afterwards during the printing and reproduction of his spectacular prints. The photographer imbues the picturesque quality of his landscapes with an added layer of spiritual intensity, although Van der Lende is by no means proscriptive in enforcing this view. Modesty is central to both his character and his work, which in itself records an awestruck moment of humility and wonder.

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Jan Van Bergen - South African Artist

South African artist Jan Willem van Bergen born 1964 in Pretoria, Gauteng

Jan Van Bergen is facinated by the excessiveness and voluptiousness of the natural landscape, or God’s garden- as he preferes to call the vistas of unspoilt nature in this part of the world. It is his intention to capture the exuberance of life as it gushes forth in the flora of the southern african landscape. Jan Van Bergen does not paint human interventions –not because they are not natural, but because they detract from the landscapes Godliness. In a sense man is defined by his emergence from the immanent continuim of the universe. Space and time define the discontinuous world of man. Contrary to this God is found by man in the continuous… immanent world of the startling and unexplained. There is no better symbol of this than the untainted natural beauty of the african landscape.

Jan Van Bergen has been influenced by Hokusai and Hiroshige. This can be seen in his economic use of line. He has also been very heavily influenced by van Gogh -who was also influenced by Japanese 19th century artists. The movement captured by the brushstroke is very important to Jan Van Bergen. He works wet and believes in maximum effect through minumum effort. Is the painting a single movement that cannot be overworked? Definitly. It is a movement that signifies spirit. It is only in this sense that a work consoles. Life is hard. To offset this hardness the painting provides consolation.

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Christian Oil Painting

Another oil painting in my latest series of Christian themed paintings.

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Latest Original Oil Painting by Rudi Carstens

This is my latest oil painting titled "A New Covenant". This is the first painting of a series of Cristian oil paintings I am doing for a new web site that I will be launching this year.

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Angus Taylor - South African Artist

South African artist Angus Taylor was born in 1970 in a hospital in Hillbrow to a journalist father and a mother trained in painting. He grew up in the Vaal Triangle, Gauteng, South Africa.
After school Angus Taylor travelled around South Africa, went to the army and studied fine Arts at the University of Pretoria and graduated with honours in 1997.

In 1994 Angus Taylor won the P.P.C. National Young Sculptor Award.
After tutoring in drawing and Sculpture Angus Taylor started his own business in 1995.
He took part in many group exhibitions as well as a solo exhibition in 1999 "Africana and other baggage".

In 1998 Angus Taylor started a company called D.S.W. (Dionysus Sculpture Works) and have since completed numerous commissions for the Government, Councils, the C.S.I.R. and more recently, global resorts.

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South African artist Lionel Smit was born in pretoria in 1982. Lionel Smit has been actively exhibiting since 1999, which include sculpture and painting.

Lionel Smit’s studio is situated in Pretoria were he also runs the secret gallery.Lionel Smit has been very successful in exhibitions in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Kempton Park, Potchefstroom as well as internationally, namely in London, Los Angeles and Ireland.

Lionel Smit's works are part of numerous corporate and private collections.

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South African Artist Anton Smit

South African sculptor Anton Smit was born in the Transvaal town of Boksburg, South Africa, in August 1954. He entered his first sculpting competition at the age of sixteen, and won the first prize. Completely selftaught, Anton Smit was awarded the first prize in the South African Association of Arts' New Signatures Competition in 1979.

Following successful exhibitions in Nelspruit, White River, Cape Town and Pretoria, Anton Smit turned to sculpting full-time to cope with the demand for his work by galleries and private collectors alike.

With works permanently on display at the Pretoria and Pietersburg Art museums and major art galleries across the counrty, and the Anton Smit Sculpture Museum at the Millennium Art Gallery, Groenkloof, Pretoria, the artist is fast becoming one of South Africa's more important sculptors.

During 1990 international recognition came in the form of exhibitions in Rome and Milan, an invitation to exhibit in New York and Hong Kong as well as a return exhibition in Italy in 1993.
More exhibitions have followed in Bonn, Washington, Singapore and Koln.

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South African Artist - Marna Schoeman

South African artist Marna Schoeman studied BA Fine Arts at the University of Pretoria and graduated in 1986 .

Marna Schoeman currently finds great joy in rendering finely detailed miniature paintings in the old Persian style and concentrates on subjects that instill a sense of happiness and harmony in the viewer. She gets her inspiration from the rich diversity of life, as well as humans, plants ant animals and she tries to see beauty and life everywhere around her, even in mundane scenes like riding in the bus or mowing the lawn.

Marna Schoeman uses mainly gouache and acrylic on artists board and her paintings have been taken up in private collections as far affield as the USA and Ireland.

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South African Artist - Jurgen Schadeburg

South African artist Jürgen Schadeberg came to South Africa in 1950 from war torn Berlin and he was one of the few white photographers who documented black life, capturing on film the Rise of the Freedom Movement, Apartheid Repression and the vibrancy of township life and culture. Jürgen Schadeberg was responsible during his association with Drum Magazine for creating a vibrant photographic department and for training a number of talented and successful black photographers.

The Schadeberg Collection of Photographs brings to life key social, cultural and political events and personalities in South Africa's turbulent history.

Historic events covered include the Defiance Campaign of 1953, the 1956 Treason Trial, the Sophiatown removals of 1958, the Sophiatown jazz and social scene, the Sharpeville Funeral of 1960 and images of Robben Island and former Robben Islanders in 1994. Personalities include Nelson Mandela in the fifties, Walter Sisulu, Oliver Tambo, Trevor Huddlestone, Govan Mbeki and former Robben Islanders, as well as fifties jazz legends such as Dolly Rathebe, Kippie Moeketsi, Thandi Klaasens, Miriam Makeba and Dorothy Masuka.

The Schadeberg Collection also includes unique images of England in the seventies, from housing estates in Hackney to May Balls in Cambridge, as well as a diverse range of European images. A rare series of pictures of the San People of the Kalahari "Dance of Exorcism", taken in 1959, also features in The Schadeberg Collection.

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South African Artists

A South African sculptor and painter with a sense of adventure, Jo Roos is internationally renowned for his portrayal of wildlife and the human figure.

Jo Roos has been a successful artist since 1975 and his work graces, amongst others, government institutions, cities and towns, as well as numerous local and international museums and galleries.

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