60 Voortrekker STREET
Exhibiting Artists
Betsy Facer
I am a self-taught artist based in Porterville, known for my textured mixed media artworks. Growing up in Namibia between the desert and savannah grasslands, I have always been fascinated by shapes, forms and textures. By merging realism and abstraction, I aim to explore not just how things appear, but how they feel – inviting viewers into a layered visual experience. My artistic choices are intuitive rather than premeditated. I use a variety of texture pastes, paper, paints, inks, charcoal, pastels, fabric and natural fibres in my artworks. I have exhibited at De Oude Post in Phillidelphia, The Old Village Art Gallery, Citrusdal, Greyton Artwalk, Tulbach Spring arts Festival and our own Art for All weekend in Porterville.
Will Volbrecht
1948 – Present
Self-taught artist living and working for the past 15years on my farm off the grid on the Oliphants Mountain Range, Cederberg. My working career began with the Cape Department of Nature Conservation (inland fisheries, game capture, and museology). Thereafter, in 1975, I began pursuing my path.
Namely
- Fine antique furniture restoration
- Fine furniture design and manufacture
- Manufacture of artists’ hardware
While busy with the tasks mentioned above, I continued with my artwork, participating in numerous group exhibitions and fulfilling commissioned works. Work in private collections in South Africa, the UK, America and Germany.
