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EXPRESSIVE MARKS IN OIL

Suraya Tewary

After matriculating, Durban based Suraya Tewary completed a diploma in commerce, and thereafter another diploma in textile design. She gained work experience in different textile industries, until she and a partner started their own company designing and producing bedlinen and textile related home products.

During this time she realised her passion was for painting and attended art classes and workshops with notable artists, namely Grace Kotze, Fiona Kirkwood and Andre Gouws.

She now devotes her time to being a full-time artist.

In her statement Suraya talks about her work:

“My works speaks of cocooning and introspection, a rebirth of sorts, of renewed attitudes to living within these limitations. It’s about harking back to the times of real community and communions, as a way of holding ourselves and those around us in safety and love.

My mark making and shapes are intentionally soft because the alternative of any harsh interaction and hardness in my work will deny the viewer of gentle and tender contemplation, rest and serenity. It speaks of protection and being protected, honouring what we already have in order to create a safe, nurturing space for ourselves, our children and the environment.

The marks symbolise hope, and a meeting place for the spirit of our land, functionality and the basic requirements for us as humans. It symbolises the tree of life and of having infinite possibilities”.

Warthog

Once in a Life Time

Oil on Canvas

1004 x 804 mm framed

Light Oak Shadow Box Frame

R29,000

Warthog

A Sense of Space

Oil on Canvas

1004 x 804 mm framed

Light Oak Shadow Box Frame

R29,000

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