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ART APPRECIATION AT FOURWAYS GARDENS

B Y FR ANCESC A BEA TTIE

We are extremely proud to
showcase the amazing work of
one of our Fourways Gardens

residents, also a highly
successful professional artist.

Our artist for August is: Pearl de Chalain. I am self-taught but have attended several the USA and hope to continue doing so.
Her work is breath-taking. Do enjoy the Q&A. workshops in South Africa, the UK and USA. I’d like to get more portrait commissions,
but things like building a website bore
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: WHERE/HOW/WHEN YOUR JOURNEY IN ART: HOW DID YOU me to tears, so I guess if I snooze, I lose!
DID YOU START? DEVELOP YOUR STYLE? HOW DID IT
I was born in Johannesburg with, as my EVOLVE? WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
Gran used to say, “a brush, pen and pencil I love the challenge of photo-realism and I am fascinated by birds, their freedom,
in her hand, and a whole lot of cheek the need to capture the essence of a subject spunk, personality and tenacity. I love
coming out of her mouth!” My Gran was whether it is a bird, a plate of food, a carnival to capture their feather movement,

very instrumental in getting me to draw tent or a well-loved pet. As long as it is lled the gloss, colour and iridescence . . .
when I was a toddler . . . and I never with colour, I will tackle the subject matter all challenging, and I’m always up for a
stopped other than when raising a family. with gusto. challenge.

Years ago, I attended watercolour classes WHERE DO YOU EXHIBIT YOUR WORK? WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING
and painted a white rose. Later, I was taught I have exhibited at the Everard Read Gallery, ON?
coloured pencil painting and re-did the the British Library, and Oxo Gallery, London. I am currently working on the fourth in a
white rose beneath the rst. I added gold Mostly my work has been published in art series of 5 roosters.

calligraphy, entered it into an international magazines and books.
competition, and Fragrance of Gold earned WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE SUBJECTS
a place in an exhibition in the British Library YOUR FUTURE GOALS/WISH LIST: AND MEDIUM(S)?
and Oxo Gallery, London. I currently teach in Johannesburg and My favourite medium is coloured pencils

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