First Thursdays: 4 August 2022 (Artist: Lorraine van Wyk)

Artist Announcement! Lorraine van Wyk

One of our featured artists for this coming week is Lorraine. 

Lorraine van Wyk

Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Lorraine left Cape Town in the late 90’s to travel as an international fashion model. 

She moved back to South Africa in 2015 and decided to focus her attention solely on her creativity and independent style as an artist rather than being the face of another’s vision.

Lorraine van Wyk’s artistic style is contemporary portrait photography combined with impasto style paint on her human canvas. 

From a young age, she demonstrated a natural propensity for fine drawing and painting.

Her work appears in private collections in England, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, and Germany. 

Her work also features on the famed South African band, The Parlotones' album cover which will be exhibited and up for sale for our First Thursdays event.

"I am self-taught in multiple disciplines, but while I specifically love impasto style painting, I could not deny the impact the fashion world has over my photography, styling, lighting, design, places, culture and so much more. Transitioning to digital allowed me to continue to produce work without being limited by my medium."

Read more about Lorraine here.

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