A conversation between Kudus, San dancers around the fire, the extraordinary mass of rock that forms the gateway to Nieu Bethesda – the artists from the Bethesda Arts Centre are as varied and individual in subject matter as they are in style.
From Hartlief’s striking animal prints to Booysen’s linear, timeless landscapes or Swiers’s spirited snapshots of daily life, each of these artists has captured something of the parched land and dusty Karoo town of Nieu Bethesda.
In all of these upcoming artists, despite their varying age and experience, is a feeling of Africa, in all its richness and variety, and a sense of their place within it.
Centre artists can exhibit and sell their work in the Centre’s own gallery. Income from sale of art goes directly to the artists, in many cases making it possible for them to support their families.
Browse the gallery, meet the artists and order your artwork online.
Lino prints are £40 (+ post and packing) See the range.
Quilts, bags, clothing and wall-hangings from the Pomegranate designer label. See the range.
Commission a hand-made terracotta or earthenware nativity set this Christmas. See the range.
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My work has been sold to people from Canada, New Zealand, Mexico, China, England, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Ireland, Australia. Most of my pictures are sold overseas. Some people come from overseas and they tell me they saw me on the website. I am surprised. I don’t see them but they see me.
James Hartlief