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My
earliest memories are of art and creation...
In my work I
seek to complement the moments I encounter. I attempt to break life
down into its visual essentials: light, dark, balance, movement, tone.
In so doing perhaps I can reveal a new perspective. I enjoy capturing
the essence of a moment, telling a story by diversity of color and
pattern that eye and camera are unable to see.
I consider
a painting complete when the emotion I am trying to express matches
the thoughts in my mind. Often this process leaves me naked and
feeling exceptionally vulnerable. If somebody, while looking at
my artwork, gets that special feeling of something personal, I'm
satisfied.
Short Biography
Antoine de Villiers
hails from a small town in the dry, northern part of South Africa
called Potchefstroom. Here she developed her natural artistic skills
from the day she discovered that crayons could draw on walls and
years later she subsequently studied graphics and web design at
Potchefstroom University. In 1996 she devoted herself full-time
to painting and ran a studio in Stellenbosch. Here her career got
underway exhibiting in the Western Cape area. Soon her works traveled
throughout South Africa. During the following years, she was actively
involved in several solo as well as joint art exhibitions countrywide.
The end of 2000 saw Antoine traveling to the British Isles where
her oil paintings gained international recognition in galleries
around Sussex. Soon she was invited to take part in joint exhibitions
in London, and solo in Notting Hill. In early 2003, Antoine relocated
to the United States and since then her work has been displayed
in five local exhibitions as well as three exhibitions in the United
Kingdom and one in Poland. She is also currently exploring several
new mediums such as marble, steel and cement.
Review
Antoine's art
is an introspectional investigation of her life and thought. Her
works have ranged in style from the realistic themes to abstract
works, as the stages of her life unfold itself. She finds her inspiration
in her close environment, hence her love for travel, which in turn
explains her wide spectrum of styles. Her work embraces the psychological
relations of the various facets of a person within themselves, thus
she prefers constructing emotional complexity in a solo subject.
She leaves no brand of spoken rhetoric on her art, preferring to
create an experience that's entirely visual.
Painting has
been a lifeline during trying times, when the boundaries between
real and abstract blur. She expresses her analysis of life through
her art and is enriched by everything and everyone around her.
Exhibition history:
Antoine
has been devoted to her art full time for over ten years. During this
time she has been involved in over thirty solo and joined exhibitions
in 15 different cities throughout the United Kingdom, United States,
Poland as well as South Africa. |
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