Since childhood, it has been drawing and colour that has brought the best out of life for this artist and it has been a constant source of calm, escape and joy.....

Anita has formal art education till grade 12 and although she really wanted to study art it wasn't possible and studied something else. After a lot of twists and turns life gave her another chance at living her dream. She loves the freedom to create a mood and tell a story, and it brings her immense pleasure when others can share in this experience through her paintings and sketches.

A two month stay in Paris at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris in 2011, gave her the "courage" to venture. This is why she follows her heart and her dreams and although not always the easy road to take, she takes the one less travelled because she simply has to.

Painting in oils and sketching in charcoal and pastels really encouraged her self-expression, and she feel this aspect of her art truly came into bloom when she (long since childhood) began using these media as a student of first Marié Stander and then Jeanne Hendriks.

Her current theme depicting water and the "shadows / reflections there-in" includes her longing for freedom, beauty and honesty which comes from nature. This is something she experience first hand when going to a small piece of land in te Overberg district - a small piece of heaven. Another twist is her eagerness to show the relation between nature and man.... to be seen in daily life and her experience of it.

In May and June 2016 she will be visiting the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris again and here she will try and build on the concept she is taking there.... to be shared as small snippets on her blog she will keep while there.

1980 - Art as subject for matriculation certificate.
2005 - After much deliberation start Art Classes with Marie Stander Art School.
2006 - 2010 Art Auctions and Art Exhibitions at Marie Stander Art School.
2010 - "Friends in Art" is formed -a group of friends exhibiting together.
2010 - Stellenbosch Arts Association exhibition
2010 - "Friends in Art" group exhibition at Bilton wines, Stellenbosch.
2011 - March and April 2011 - Cité Internationale des Arts residency in Paris, France.
2011 - "Friends in Art" exhibits at Oude Libertas Gallery, Stellenbosch.
2011 - "Friends in Art" Annual Exhibition - Stellenbosch
2012 - "Paris to Pop"- Joint exhibition with Vernon Fourie - Lanzerac Stellenbosch.
2012 - "Friends in Art" - annual group exhibition.
2012 - Stellenbosch Arts Association annual group exhibition
2012 - "Friends in Art" exhibits at Oude Libertas Gallery, Stellenbosch.
2013 - "Friends in Art" annual group exhibition.
2013 - Oude Libertas Art Gallery part of "Save the Rhino" exhibition.
2014 - "Friends in Art" exhibition at Breytenbach Gallery, Wellington.
2014 - "Friends in Art" annual group exhibition Stellenbosch.
2014 - Stellenbosch Arts Association Members' Exhibition Stellenbosch.
2014 - Blaauwklippen gallery - ongoing group exhibition.
2014 - 2015 Ongoing exhibition of various artists Blaauwklippen Stellenbosch.
2015 - Oude Libertas Art Gallery - "Celebrating 2015" (January)
2015 - "Friends in Art" exhibition at P.J.Olivier Art centre Stellenbosch.
2015 - "The Tank Gallery" exhibition of 8 friends. (May)
2015 - Art B gallery Tiny Treasures group exhibition
2015 - "Nature" exhibition Oude Libertas Gallery. (July)
2015 - "Polkadraai" exhibition at "The Tank Gallery" Stellenbosch. (July)
2015 - "The Cape Gallery" part of group exhibition "Cities in Motion". (July)
2015 - "The Cape Gallery" part of group exhibition "To be in the World". (August)
2015 - "The Cape Gallery" part of ongoing exhibition.
2015 - "Lindy van Niekerk Gallery" as part of ongoing exhibition
2015 - "Stellenbosch Arts Association" members' exhibition at Oude Libertas Gallery.
2015 - "Tulbagh Arts Festival" Fins and Flying things:
with Susan Proctor Hume and Ronel Bakker.
2016 - "Seven and more" exhibition of Friends in Art during Woordfees
2016 - at Landrover Jaquar in Stellenbosch.
2016 - May and June Artists Residency at Cité Internationale des Arts Paris France.
2016 - "Open Studio" at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris - 14 June.
2016 - "Open Studio" - at studio gallery Somerset West - July 2016.
2016 - June - Group exhibition Stellenbosch Arts Association
Oude Libertas Gallery Stellenbosch
2016 - Dec/Jan 2017 - Last group exhibition at Oude Libertas Gallery before they closed.
2017 - March Group exhibition "Friends in Art" - showroom
Jaguar Land Rover Stellenbosch during Woordfees..... an independent exhibition.
2017 - May - The Tenk Gallery - X Cite Internationale des arts artists
did an exhibition of work inspired whilst at Cite.
2017 - June - ART B Gallery - 20 x 20 cm Tiny Treasures Exhibition