1998 Arum Lily Family
Acrylic on Canvas
Breadth 95cm Height 120cm
Private Collection South Africa
Flowers
Gentle Greatness -
The Power of the Petal
I had the privilege every Child should have -
I spent most of my Childhood in gardens…
It must have been there, that the seed was
sown in my sub-conscious Mind that would
later inspire me to Love Mother Earth‘s Green
Beings the way I do!
And if that wasn‘t enough, it was our Mother
Shany‘s enthusiasm for gardening that would
secure the link within me for a deep Love for
Nature.
I was in my 18th or 19th year, when I was
introduced to the works of Georgia O'Keeffe
by Fleur Ferri, a well known South African
artist. Though I did not have a lot of time
with her, I learned a lot from Fleur.
Through her works, I fell in love with realism.
She also taught me to paint by day, for
the best quality of light which could affect
one's colour pallette.
Flowers are just such AMAZING BEINGS!
Always Open to Light, soft & FRAGILE,
and yet, within that fragility, lies all their
BEAUTY & STRENGTH & POWER!
Their strength comes from
surrendering to Life, comes from opening
to the world around them, and accepting
what is there, constantly growing towards
the Light.
Hope & Trust...seem to be embedded in
every petal! How could we possibly see
them as objects and not Love Letters to
Life, from Source itself!? They do not hide
or cringe away from their Source-Blessed
Potential!
They Live and fulfill their purpose, so purely.
Apparently, Albert Einstein once said:
„Schaue ganz tief in die Natur, und dann
verstehst du alles besser.“ - Once you have
studied Nature more intensely, you will understand
everything a lot better...
Painting flowers, has left me with a great
respect and love for nature and it has
certainly left me thinking , that Someone
has got to love us (humans) a LOT,
to grant us all this amazing beauty!
Some people may find my flowers
somewhat erotic, but that I suppose is
just a small glimpse into the intricate understanding
of their meaning . . .it is
perhaps time for us to learn a purer form
of erotism from them?
My love for nature and spiritualism is
combined here, to stimulate a reaction
to something we easily overlook . . .
There is a beautiful saying:
" Flowers are Angels,
to remind one,
what pure beauty is all about..."
Zenta Maurina
1996 Colette‘s Lilies
Private Collection, South Africa
1998 Born for Glory
Acrylic on canvas
Breadth 100cm Height 130cm
Painted in Australia
Private Collection, Germany
1998 Robyn‘s Memories of her Mother
Acrylic on canvas
Breadth 134cm Height 168cm
Painted in Australia
Private Collection, Australia
1998 The Moment
Acrylic on canvas
Painted in Australia
Private Collection, Germany
1998 Heaven‘s Embrace
Acrylic on canvas
Breadth 100cm Height 130cm
Painted in Australia
Private Collection, South Africa.
1998 Soul Siblings
Acrylic on canvas
Breadth 100cm Height 130cm
Painted in Australia
Private Collection, South Africa.
2000 Tulip Heart
Acrylic on canvas
Breadth 50cm Height 60cm
Painted in Germany
Private Collection, Germany
2000 Cape Amarillis
Acrylic on canvas,
Breadth 50cm Height 60cm
Painted in Germany
Private Collection, Germany.
1999 Iris study
Acrylic on board
Breadth 90cm Height 100cm
Painted in Germany
Commissioned & Sold
Private Collection
1998 Pink Tulip for Francoise
painted in Australia,
Acrylic on Canvas,
App. 40 x 60cms
Private Collection in France
2002 Morning Tulip
Acrylic on Canvas
Breadth 60cm Height 60cm
Painted in Germany
Private Collection, Kaiserstuhl,
Germany.
2006 Calas Drops,
Acrylic on Canvas,
Breadth 60cm Height 60cm
Painted in Germany
Private Collection, Bayern, Germany
2006 Honesty,
Acrylic on Canvas,
Breadth 50cm Height 60cm
Painted in Germany
Private Collection Germany
2002 For Charlotte
Acrylic on Canvas
Breadth 60 x Height 60cm
Painted in Germany
Artist's Private Collection
1998 God Geskenk
Acrylic on canvas
Breadth:100cm Height: 130cm
Painted in Australia, renovated 2017
Private Collection, Germany
2019 Junko‘s Roses,
Oil on board
Breadth 88cm Height 126cm
Painted in Germany
Private Collection Japan
2019 Portrait of a Lily,
Oil on board
Breadth 88cm Height 126cm
Painted in Germany
2500 €
2006 Honesty
Acrylic on Canvas
Breadth 50cm Height 50cm
Painted in Germany
500 €
2006 Regrets
Acrylic on Canvas
Breadth 50cm Height 60cm
Painted in Germany.
700 €
2018 The Soul of an Iris
Acrylic on Canvas
Breath105cm Height 149cm
Painted in Germany.
4500 €
2021 Ephemeral Moment
Acrylic on board
Breadth 88cm Height 126cm
Painted in Germany
Work in progress