I'm donating work to the MyLifE's South African Art Auction for online catalogue http://www.mylife.org.za/. Click on auction. auction.

Please see invitation to MyLifE's South African Art Auction to take place on the 11th of April on at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in Orange Street, Cape Town, in support of the youth development work of the MylifE Project. MylifE is a registered not for profit Section 21 company that works to prevent and divert young people from entering the cycle of destruction that exists on the streets, in poorer communities and prisons.

MylifE's aim is to create a pilot Eco-village that will serve as a healing environment where marginalised young people will be empowered in a sustainable manner. Youth leaders will emerge who will take on the challenges facing the children of our country. Once the pilot has been built, these villages will be rolled-out across the country and beyond.

Funds raised from the auction will go specifically towards the development of the pilot Eco-village and, and in particular, towards the establishment of an art centres
within the village.

A number of well established artists and collectors, as well as a host of young contemporaries have donated work towards this cause. With 80% of all funds generated pledged to MylifE, you can be part of this first step towards healing through artmaking, as well as being part of a great art event with the opportunity to purchase a number of important artworks from wide variety of artists at competitive prices.

Artists whose work will be available include,Christo Coetzee, Beezy Bailey, Sue Williamson, Sanell Aggenbach, Ed Young, Stuart Bird, Gabi Ncgobo, Jeannette Unite, Dan Halter, Lynette Bester, Gary Frier, Lizza Littlewort and Andrew Lamprecht.

For More Information Contact Linda Stupart : linzi@mylife.org.za
http://www.mylife.org.za/. Click on auction.

Baboon Art Exhibition

A diverse, multi media collection inspired by baboons.

You are invited to join us in this unique conservation initiative!

Baboon Matters is hosting a unique Baboon Art Exhibition focusing important attention on the Peninsula's baboons.

Friday 24th August - Friday 31st August 2007 and the Sanlam Hall, Kirstenbosch Gardens

Exhibiting at the ITEC library in East London
20th August to the 19th September.

These are some of the carshades I've designed using my artworkwhich are available to order.
The digital print is made 100% polyester with washerable dye sublimation ink.
The Ployester is treated with a water resistant coating.
Ideal for the outdoors to keep your car cool as well as looking cool!
Sizes: 650 x 1m
Price: R280 excl delivery costs
If you prefer to be set apart from the rest or want large quantities of a specific design printed on a tshirt or textile
www.friersart.com/carshade
contact
customize@friersart.com
for order details.

From a broad world view, wildlife has become manipulated by economic gain and natural environments have become more of an exception than a rule.
Experiencing wildlife in natural environments by natives of countries in the developing world is an almost unattainable luxury.The popularity of eco-tourism
of Africanwildlife has become an exclusive holiday experience for only those with the financial means.For this reason the works I do have become for me a
statement of the times we live in. The reference I use for my wildlife subjects I paint are drawn exclusively from wildlife photography and various wildlife projects
and altruistic environmental agencies which I support.eg.
Cape Centre for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (Cape Cape C.R.O.W.)
Brown Hyena Research Project
My method is to separate the subjects in some way from their natural environment making them more of a decorative ironic element than a true representation of natural law inhabiting a new urban environment.All paintings are original and form part of a collection of works started in the last 4 years to the present.The prices are made according to the current market value calculated from an average sales at galleries and agents who deal in my artwork.

There is more reason for purchasing an original work of art than first meets the eye. Sure, we want what we buy to go with our interiors and fit in particular spaces but there are many other reasons for purchasing a piece of art.

Purchasing an original artwork acknowledges that you recognize the intrinsic or extrinsic value inherent in a piece and that the artist's perception is one that you can appreciate. When knowledge of art is increased, (say by viewing art regularly at galleries and museums or looking at art magazines or artworks in friends' homes)understanding is broadened, as is your receptiveness to new, innovative, imaginative and challenging art concepts and styles. Art works can be found to be aesthetically valuable, even if your initial reaction or expressed preferences were not immediately positive.

Many people think that all artists have to do to create a work is simply to call up an idea/image from their imagination or simply represent what is before them.This does not recognize the involved process of conceptualizing, developing, synthesizing and evaluating that artists engage in when producing an artwork.