CHICAGO THE MUSICAL - BROADWAY
Broadway - London - Japan - South Africa
Chicago's longest playing Velma Kelly!
Art and Acting
Creative aptitude spills over to other disciplines. Art doesn't really seem much of a leap from theater if you think about it. Both require training, preparation, rehearsal, performance, and a look inward for truth and authenticity. The big difference is to look harder in art and to listen harder in acting.
My Background
My Inspiration
My Background
I come from South Africa and have lived a nomadic lifestyle, settling for periods in the UK, France and New York, and now in the lovely village of Maplewood NJ.
Constantly moving from place to place is not just a result of a long career as an actor, but also because of a strong desire to keep changing my surroundings. When I visit a new
I come from South Africa and have lived a nomadic lifestyle, settling for periods in the UK, France and New York, and now in the lovely village of Maplewood NJ.
Constantly moving from place to place is not just a result of a long career as an actor, but also because of a strong desire to keep changing my surroundings. When I visit a new place, I always have a sense of needing to exist there and feel like I belong rather than simply being a tourist. Painting makes me feel like I’m scratching more than just the surface of a place.
My Medium
My Inspiration
My Background
Most of the characters I paint are drawn from the theatrical world in which I exist. My objective is to find a way to capture intimate moments before and after performances when the true nature of such colorful characters is revealed. Perhaps there is an instant where, before a performance, the actor must transform from insecure-introver
Most of the characters I paint are drawn from the theatrical world in which I exist. My objective is to find a way to capture intimate moments before and after performances when the true nature of such colorful characters is revealed. Perhaps there is an instant where, before a performance, the actor must transform from insecure-introvert to self-assured extrovert. Sometimes it may be a shadow of an expression, somewhere between terror and euphoria, that gives away the truth of the actors experience. I am intimately familiar with those moments. I paint realistically in oils to try find the details, nuances, inner dialogue and drama of those moments.
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
I find a sense of theater in everything, painting people and places that I am intimately connected to and love dearly.
I am especially inspired by artists whose work shows a sense of humor but on deeper inspection reveals a profound truth and seriousness. David LaChapelle, Hilary Harkness.
I am currently enrolled in full time at The
I find a sense of theater in everything, painting people and places that I am intimately connected to and love dearly.
I am especially inspired by artists whose work shows a sense of humor but on deeper inspection reveals a profound truth and seriousness. David LaChapelle, Hilary Harkness.
I am currently enrolled in full time at The Art Students League of New York, studying under the guidance of Marshall Jones and Greg Follender.