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SCATS ESTERHUYSE
1954
Scats Esterhuyse matriculated from The School of Art, Ballet, Drama, and Music in Parktown in 1970. He is a self-taught artist, being inspired by the likes of George Innis and William Turner. He was exposed to art as a young boy by his brother Frans Esterhuyse a cartoonist for the Beeld. He became a professional fine artist in 1996, after many years as a professional drummer and percussionist. He has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions as well as completing commissions for numerous art collectors.
Scats Esterhuyse has been described by Michael Coulson of The Financial Mail as that between the photo-realism of John Meyer and the broader impressionism of Walter Meyer.
The sensitivity and character of Scats Esterhuyse’s landscape paintings result in artworks beyond realistic landscape painting, with each artwork representing the character of the South African landscape, towns, and people. He has travelled extensively across South Africa together with his wife Sharon since 1996 and one can see his appreciation of the South African Landscape in his canvases.
Scat’s travels throughout South Africa have been a continuous search to portray the character and identity of the landscapes, towns, and its people.
Scat’s spiritual journey and life’s experience is portrayed in his paintings.
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“Flag”
Scats Esterhuyse
Date(s): (1954 - )
Dated: 2019
Contemporary Art
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Measurement: 91 x 61 cm
Inscription: Signed: “Scats Esterhuyse” (Lower/Right)
Ref ID: 09SE19
This scene is set halfway between Richmond and Hanover in the Klein Karoo where this deserted house is located. In the background, although a storm appears to be brewing, there is the hope of relief approaching the arid land. The lonely flag that is several meters up in the sky sends out a message of unity and healing.
“Striving for perfection in an organic way”
- Scats Esterhuyse -