Those passing through Karibib should budget time and dollars to visit this world-known artist in her studio. She has renovated her corner property with striking stonework, tiles and screed. All in all, there will soon be six areas that she can rent out to retailers or to visitors who wish to overnight in an artistic setting.

Her pottery is not only beautiful, but also functional. Apart from the large basins, pots and murals, her collections of smaller accent tiles are inviting. Visitors can’t help but plan new focus points in their homes with her tiles and screed in mind.
Her birthplace, the Kalahari, infused in her a deep-seated love for nature. Her art often reflects her unease at the decay and deterioration she senses around her. She combines mixed media to depict her sense of loss and grasping for the divine.

Often Scripture verses dictate her theme. Her textile art of the 1980s brought her first acclaim. A huge three-dimensional mobile fibre work, “The Custodian”, was selected for a prestigious South African art competition in 1986.

Having earned her Fine Arts degree in 1977, she added a post graduate Diploma in Museum Science. Her love of the old is evident in the way she combines stonework in her Karibib property with screed on the walls instead of paint. Screed gives a lived-in, rustic feel. She enjoys working in charcoal, watercolour, oil, acrylic, textile, clay and creative screed application.