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THE SOUTH AFRICAN

March 2010
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Where Art and Life meet

Frederike Stokhuyzen with her daughter, Theresa sketching in the Canadian Rockies, Frederike is our Artlife featured artist of the month (see pages 2-3).
Be sure to see her exhibition at The Cape Gallery, and see her new book, out in April. For more see www.frederikestokhuyzen.com Photo: John White

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Kalahari Tree, Oil on canvas, 64 x 46 cm

Poppies and dandyliones in Oxfordshire, Oil on canvas, 64 x 46 cm View of Devil’s Peak from Rondebosch Common, Oil on canvas, 64 x 36 cm

View to Camps Bay from the Glen, Oil on canvas, 46 x 64 cm

Portugese Pines, Oil on canvas, 46 x 64 cm

Frederike painting in situ in the Richtersveld

Be sure to see Frederike’s lavishly illustrated book about her work to be launched by Fernwood Press in April; go to www.fernwoodpress.co.za closer to the time for more details
See more of Frederike’s work at www. frederikestokhuyzen.com , or www.capegallery.co.za

Frederike Stokhuyzen – Dame of Disegno
Veronica Wilkinson
Capturing light and form on site in quick, accurate washes
of pen and watercolour, artist Frederike Stokhuyzen trans-
ports her unusual views of landscapes back to her studio
where she works with a palette knife onto canvas to recre-
ate the scenes that have inspired her. Mountains, with their
signature individual striations of geological identification,
tree studded slopes and wildlife feature in a prodigious
oeuvre that spans 50 years. The word that springs to mind
when I visit her Camps Bay studio is disegno, a word coined
by Italian Renaissance mannerist and author Federico
Zuccaro. Interestingly enough, when she studied at Rhodes
University, Frederike was impressed by Walter Batiss whose
teaching methods encouraged his students to search for
the indefinable ‘essence’ that distinguishes a fine technical
effect from the accidental splatter on an easel ground-
sheet. Zuccaro believed that correct theory would produce
good works of art and since the 16th century cogno -
scenti still rejoice in the celebration of crisply precise and
skilled technique. This is the method that captures light and
mood to convey an artist’s visual impression of a scene that
has been powerful enough to inspire the eye and hand
co-ordination recording those ephemeral qualities on
paper and canvas.
Well-travelled Frederike was born to Dutch parents in
Johannesburg in 1938 and earned her degree in fine art
at Rhodes University and thereafter obtained a teaching
diploma. She travelled to London, spending a year at the
Central School of Arts and Crafts where she specialized in
the design of stained glass windows before she returned to
Cape Town and taught briefly at Herzlia before her
marriage to John White. At Herzlia she concentrated on
getting her students through their syllabus quickly so that
she could get them out of the classroom in favour of the
practical exercise of plain air painting. John’s belief in her
View from Olifant’s Camp, Kruger National Park
Mielie Field, Free State
FEATURED ARTIST ARTLIFE - Where Art and Life Meet
Table Mountain, late afternoon, Oil on canvas, 40 x 80 cm
talent and his encouragement made it possible for her to
embrace motherhood and continue working as an artist
after their marriage. She has three daughters, born and
raised while she continued developing her art and influenc-
ing an appreciation for the visual arts within the intimacy of
her home.
Telling me that “it’s very difficult to paint Table Mountain
without being kitsch” she showed me a painting of a
refreshingly different angle to Cape Town’s unique land-
mark that is a fluent visual symphony in colour, effect and
captured scale. The perspective could be unique and this
is what distinguishes Frederike’s thorough mastery of her
medium. For her, there are never enough hours in a day
and she quips that as long as her hand works and her eyes
are okay she will continue to share her joy and love for the
beauty of this country through her art. Veteran of more than
40 solo exhibitions in South Africa and Europe she has
participated in prestigious group shows which include the
Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Institute of British
Artists, the winter salon of the Royal Institute, the Society of
Graphic Artists (London), the Paris Salon, the Society of Wild-
life Artists (London) in addition to commissions for corporate
clients both locally and abroad.
The Camps Bay studio is neat and uncluttered with
examples of her preliminary pen and watercolour
studies and finished oil paintings. The paint chariot is poised
beside the easel for the quick launch of line and tones that
will soon convey recorded landscapes beyond the usual
gallery visitors to include those limited by physical disability
or economic constraints. In fact the lavishly illustrated book
about her work due to be launched by Fernwood Press
in April will make it possible to view Frederike Stokhuyzen’s
paintings of South Africa’s magnificent natural heritage Frederike Stokhuyzen in her Studio, Camps Bay, Cape Town
throughout the world.
Golden Gate, Kwa - Kwa, Free State Giant’s Castle, Drakensberg
Blue Mountains- NSW, Australia Bains Kloof, Western Cape
Cape Town based Fine Artist Ilse Kleyn with “Eve I & Eve II. Oil on canvas. Size : 1000 x 700 mm each. Cape Town based Fine Artist Ilse Kleyn with “Innocence”. Oil on canvas. Size : 125 x 900 mm, R7900, Con-
R4900 each. Contact Ilse at +27 845042814 / +27 21 9814630. www.artofkleyn.co.za or e-mail at ilse@ tact Ilse at +27 845042814 / +27 21 9814630. www.artofkleyn.co.za or e-mail at ilse@artofkleyn.co.za”
artofkleyn.co.za”.

Vicent Dasilva
Bronze Sculptures by Vincent Da Silva / www.vincentdasilva.com / vincent@vincentdasilva.com /cell. 074 172 4359 /

Clive van den Berg Robert Hodgins Lisa Brice

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1 – 14 March 2010 IMAGE Blue Rose (2010); oil and acrylic on canvas, 40x50cm