INTIMACY

Intimacy manifest itself in an endless variety of intra-personal and interpersonal relationships. Be it the unconditional love a mother has for her child, the companionship between man and his pet, classic romantic love, or the self-love we all hope to both attain and retain. For how can we love others if we know not yet how to love ourselves. Love thyself, and be loved.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

ink and acrylic on Sri Lankan text

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Intimacy 2020

First intimacy

First intimacy

100 x 85cm

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Intimacy 2020

9 months of intimacy

9 months of intimacy

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Intimacy 2020

George proves his love

George proves his love

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Intimacy 2020

Face to Face

Face to Face

ink and acrylic on 1920 The Star Johannesburg 47 x 82,5cm

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Intimacy 2020

Marriage and christenings

Marriage and christenings

ink and acrylic on 1820 Government gazette

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Intimacy 2020

Confiding

Confiding

ink and acrylic on old map of Lisbon

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Intimacy 2020

Working intimately

Working intimately

Working intimately // Ink and acrylic on 1938 map of India 10 x 35 cm

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Intimacy 2020

social and personal intimacy

social and personal intimacy

1929 The Star

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Intimacy 2020

Winds of change

Winds of change

Ink and acrylic on 1964 routing chart- south atlantic ocean // 81 x 101 cm

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Intimacy 2020

Minor alterations

Minor alterations

28 x 38cm. I used a house plan as that is where we are confined to stay at present, needing to re-evaluate and make changes, and adapt to the times we are in.
It is a letter of application to the local municipality - just as we now, more than ever, find ourselves strictly controlled by the State as to what is essential and what we can or cannot do.
The close confines of our homes forces us to look deeply at our intimate relationships and establish our allies. We are in this together: we all feel vulnerable and the need for comfort and reassurance like small children.

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Lasting intimacy

Lasting intimacy

Lasting intimacy ( Lisbon) 51 x39 cm

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Intimacy 2020

HOOKED

Taking a dramatic turn back to still life amidst an explosion of art created around the human subject can be a challenge for any artist, but Lisette believes that it is important to incorporate diversity into her artistic process if she wishes to keep her artistic expression exciting and current.

Love yOUR mOTHER

The goal of much of Lisette’s later work has been social, political and cultural commentary. The point of this is not to shame and vilify groups of people or the system at large, but rather to productively build society up by drawing attention to largely under-appreciated or misunderstood aspects of our modern world.

The environment has been a passionate focus of Lisette’s during the year 2020, and the piece bellow seeks to illustrate a fundamental aspect of climate change and global warming overlooked by most. This being that our relationship to the environment is a reflection of our relationship with ourselves and others. “love yOUR mOTHER” is the title of this artwork, and draws attention to the highly personal bond that humans in fact have with the natural environment. We are a product of the natural world, just as we are our own mothers whom brought us into this world, and we should thus love, protect and defend this earth as we would our own mothers. We cannot function without the life supporting systems of this planet, and to neglect the planet is to neglect ourselves and others. If you do not love your other you cannot hope to save the environment, for without altruism the motivation to create a better future is lost.

Love your mother

love our mother

love your other.

Nuns for Nature

Most mornings Lisette starts her day by making her way down to the beach for her daily walk and yoga, she uses this time to reconnect with herself and ground down through the earth. The stillness of the morning combined with the rhythmic beating of the ocean waves provide a meditative environment in which to tune into whats happening within and around her. During this solitary time she often experiences great insights and sets important intentions for the day ahead. Sometimes she prays, sometimes she meditates, sometimes she cries, sometimes she laughs. On more than one occasion she has emerged from her meditative state with her intentions set on helping a friend or reducing her carbon footprint, only to open her eyes and be rewarded by Mother Earth. On one such morning after contemplating the state of the environment she opened her eyes to find R200 flailing in the breeze, clinging to the damp morning sand. No more coincidences. That morning she resolved to be warrior for the world, a nun for nature.

The artwork bellow takes its inspiration from her experience of being connected to the earth in a very spiritual way. she speaks to the world and the world speaks back, sending her signs that she is on the right track.

PRAGUE COLLECTION

Recycling existing materials is the foundation and inspiration for much of the work Lisette does. Bellow is just a small example of the variety of outcomes that can be achieved by up-cycling the discarded and disregarded “waste” material of modern society. Upon close observation it becomes evident how the subject matter speaks to the canvas, and the canvas to its subject. Lisette likes to create a dialogue with her art, allowing the subject matter and canvas not only to communicate with and enrich one another, but also to communicate with the audience, enriching their subjective understanding of what they see before them. This particular collection took its inspiration from Lisette’s travel adventures in Prague, both the canvases and subject matter being locally sourced and mindfully coupled to create thought provoking works of art.