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experienced severe burnout and opportunity to participate in
compassion fatigue – leading Design Joburg 2023 as one
me to leave the medical field. I of the featured artists from
sought comfort in painting and the Candice Berman Gallery
well, here we are. (Bryanston).

In July, I had the privilege of My goal at the moment is
exhibiting my debut collection to keep experimenting and
of paintings at Art of Print, creating in order to further
Pretoria. The collection – called develop my artistic skills set. I
‘Outsiders’ – is a playful take on am incredibly grateful for the
exploring our human connection opportunities that I have had
with the natural world and so far. Hopefully, my works will
celebrating the activities that end up on the walls of many
we like to get up to outside. happy collectors and I wouldn’t
My works are illustrative in be opposed to any travel
nature and, whilst I mainly draw opportunities that arise in the
inspiration from landscapes, future (fingers crossed!). I also
I also enjoy incorporating enjoy taking commissions and
individuals and their quirks into working to bring customers’
each scene. I work mainly with visions to life.
acrylic paints for the vibrancy of
colour that they bring to my work. I have called Cornwall Estate
home for 23 years, bar the six I
‘Just Beachy’, one of the spent in Cape Town – although
paintings originally intended I still considered this home.
for this collection, was When I am not painting, I am
selected to be exhibited at reading, hiking, outside in the
100 Kellogg Lane in London, sun or practising my tentative
Canada, as part of their knowledge of local birdlife.
annual art competition from
May to September 2023. The My art is available to view
competition is open to artists on my website,
all around the world and being www.kerristevenson.com, and
selected as one of their 100 at the Candice Berman Gallery
featured artists is a huge in Bryanston if you would like to
honour. Additionally, I had the take a closer look.

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