Lize Kampman

Pencil study of my own left hand, class exercise. Drawing one's own hand is a lot harder than it may seem. The perspective changes with every slight shift of one's head. Keeping one's hand still gets uncomfortable after a while, and repositioning it the exact same way after moving it is almost impossible. The proportions did not come out quite right but even so, I remember being rather pleased with it.

Now you might wonder why I dug out this old study from the archives to post today. To be honest, I don't have much else to show you right now. Due to an unfortunate domestic mishap my right hand (the productive, hard working one, not the layabout artist's model 😅) needed some surgery to repair a ruptured tendon. I am wearing a brace at the moment to limit the use of my hand while it heals. There is also a dressing as well as some stitches that need to be kept clean and dry.

I do have some new work in the pipeline and hope to get back to it soon. Watch this space!

Please be advised that due to an unfortunate and serious health issue, the gallery will be closed on certain days. Best wishes to Pretoria Art Association gallery director Pieter van Heerden for a speedy and full recovery.

The New Artists Exhibition at the Pretoria Art Association features the work of selected fresh talents, and I am quite thrilled to be a part of it. This is the second one of my works on show.

Another skyscape, this work was inspired by a cloudburst near Graaff-Reinet in the Camdeboo one late summer afternoon some years ago. I remember watching spellbound as we drew closer to the gathering storm and the skies suddenly opened, drenching the land in torrents of welcome rain.

Capturing the vast, sweeping openness of Southern African landscapes demand wide-format panoramic canvases.

Sluise van die hemel / Floodgates of heaven
46 x 92 x 4 cm
Acrylic on stretched canvas
Currently available at the Pretoria Art Association.

Hi everybody, and especially my loyal followers 😃
Business Suite has been reminding me lately with increasing insistence that I haven't shared a post in 15 days and that sharing regularly helps me connect with my audience. So if you are still here, thank you for your loyalty and patience! Life has been happening, and frankly I would rather make and do things than talk about making and doing them. Anyway, here is my long overdue (and no doubt eagerly awaited 😉) post about my new work currently on exhibit at the Pretoria Art Association.

The inspiration for this cloudscape is a photo I took in March 2024 near Riemvasmaak in the Green Kalahari. Normally an arid region, it has been blessed by an unusually good rainy season and the veld bore grateful witness to that. Even so, a rainstorm is always noteworthy event, and this one was spectacular.

Genadewater / Showers of mercy
Acrylic on stretched canvas
46 x 92 cm
Currently available at the Pretoria Art Association.

I spent a lovely morning looking at great art and chatting to some of the other artists and art lovers 😊

Very pleased with this display of my cards at Tina Skukan Gallery! They are selling at R40 each.

Excited to be participating in the New Artist exhibition at the Association of Arts Pretoria. Two new cloudscapes of mine will be on show.

Looking forward to the New Artist exhibition at the Association of Arts Pretoria, which will be opened by Lynette ten Krooden on Saturday 16 May 2026 at 11:00. The gallery is open for viewing from 09:00 to 13:00. Please join us for a glass of wine. Closing date Saturday 6 June 2026.

Two new cloudscapes of mine will be available.

Invitation: The new artists group exhibition

New exhibition loading at Tina Skukan Gallery! Some small items of mine will also be on show.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXjpalQDLVW/?igsh=MTk3Ym1lcGd1Z2Y0bw==

We have come to the last one of the succulent portraits that are currently on show at Tina Skukan Gallery. This one is named quite aptly Perseverance, and I would like to thank my followers for sticking around long enough for me to get through a full dozen of these!

Perseverance is being steadfast despite obstacles, difficulties and discouragement, a form of courage that allows one to endure long-term challenges. This virtue is embodied through the Echeveria plant's remarkable ability to survive and thrive in harsh, arid environments. Even when a flower stalk has been damaged, the Echeveria finds the resources within itself to produce yet another one.

The background of this painting is exuberantly chaotic and a stark contrast to the compact form and neatly-arranged leaves of the succulent.

Perseverance (Echeviera iria)
30 x 30 x 1,5 cm
R2945
SOLD

PS. There might be some more succulent portraits in the pipeline ... watch this space! 🙂