{"id":591,"date":"2017-12-13T08:37:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T08:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/?page_id=591"},"modified":"2024-09-27T18:16:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T16:16:43","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/?page_id=591","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"591\" class=\"elementor elementor-591\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-180781a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"180781a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddb2a60 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ddb2a60\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e611eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e611eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Art is a wonderful way to express myself. Images are more powerful than words. They can evoke emotions, inspire with beauty or comment on the world around us. You&#8217;ll see elements of all of those in my art.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3fcc4c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3fcc4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-447ea6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"447ea6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About me<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0938606 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0938606\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8f104a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8f104a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23326bc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"23326bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e789f2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e789f2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CommissionPhoto-1-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1724\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CommissionPhoto-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CommissionPhoto-1-scaled-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CommissionPhoto-1-scaled-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CommissionPhoto-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CommissionPhoto-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CommissionPhoto-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CommissionPhoto-1-1320x1760.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CommissionPhoto-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2291109 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2291109\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-859b43f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"859b43f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7f6c28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7f6c28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I have been drawing and painting since childhood but started to pursue it seriously in 2002. First steps into fine art were Chat Noir Studio in Port Elizabeth, South Africa under the guidance of the talented Les Bird. Since 2013 I live and work in Munich, Germany.<\/p><p>Among my favourite painters are Carravaggio, Vermeer, Murillo, Goya,\u00a0 Cezanne, Gauguin&#8230; you&#8217;ll see their influence throughout my portfolio. Over the years I experimented with various styles, occasionally copied an old master or experimented with ideas based on old masters. I like to stay fluid and pick whatever style suits the subject matter.<\/p><p>I started with water colours, but today, the majority of my work is in oil or acrylic.<\/p><p>My current favourite is doing doing portraits in contemporary realism.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ac982a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ac982a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b89acb1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b89acb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-156e65e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"156e65e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ce9882 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ce9882\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-833c7ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"833c7ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li class=\"western\" lang=\"de-DE\"><span style=\"color: #5c5c5c;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">2009 No Name Exhibition, Port Elizabeth, South Africa <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"western\" lang=\"de-DE\"><span style=\"color: #5c5c5c;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">2010 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #5c5c5c;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Everyone Counts Exhibition, Durban, South Africa<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"western\" lang=\"de-DE\"><span style=\"color: #5c5c5c;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">2016 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #5c5c5c;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Vernissage in M\u00fcnchen <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"western\" lang=\"de-DE\"><span style=\"color: #5c5c5c;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">2022 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #5c5c5c;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Ausstellung\u00a0 in der Stadtb\u00fccherei Langenlois<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"western\" lang=\"de-DE\"><span style=\"color: #5c5c5c;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">2022 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #5c5c5c;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Art &amp; Wine Festival,D\u00fcrnstein, \u00d6sterreich<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"western\" lang=\"de-DE\"><span style=\"color: #5c5c5c;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">2022 S<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #5c5c5c;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">hades of Grey, The Stage Gallery<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"western\" lang=\"de-DE\"><span style=\"color: #5c5c5c;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">2022 Melliflous online Exhibtion <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"western\" lang=\"de-DE\"><span style=\"color: #5c5c5c;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">2023 Artbox, Zurich<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a22ab0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1a22ab0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f84412f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f84412f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-442cc44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"442cc44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Exhibitions <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66b5b6b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"66b5b6b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6817b8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6817b8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"783\" src=\"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TheVezuGirl-768x783.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1708\" alt=\"vezu girl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TheVezuGirl-768x783.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TheVezuGirl-250x255.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TheVezuGirl-400x408.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TheVezuGirl-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TheVezuGirl-1005x1024.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TheVezuGirl-1507x1536.jpg 1507w, https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TheVezuGirl-2010x2048.jpg 2010w, https:\/\/mundiart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TheVezuGirl-1320x1345.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art is a wonderful way to express myself. 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