Artwork > Paintings - Shards

Shards - Naledi
Oil paint on canvas, with ceramic shards and wire
40x52cm
2024
Shards - Window
Ink and oil paint on canvas with ceramic shards and wire
60x75cm
2024
Shards - Cosmic Egg
Oil paint on canvas, with ceramic shards and wire
40x30cm
2024
Shards - 3 Bowls and guts
Oil paint on canvas, with ceramic shards and wire
40x30cm
2024
Shards - Many Moons
Acrylic and oil paint on canvas, with ceramic shards and wire
76x76cm
2024
Shard bowls with golden ellipses
Oil paint on canvas, with ceramic shards and wire
40x50cm
2024
Shards - Milk bowl
Acrylic and oil paint on canvas, with ceramic shards and wire
35x28cm
2024



This series of paintings explores the tension between culture and nature. A bowl, a recurring symbol for humanity's transformation of the natural world, is recomposed from decades-old shards of a Venda clay pot. The meticulous repair represents a longing for a more harmonious past, when the bond between humans and nature was less strained.