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Artist Statement:
After a successful exhibition in Nurnberg in March 2005, this Artist had another Exhibition near Leipzig on the 4th & 5th of June 2005. This will was in conjunction with the Bushman Museum at the Burg Schonfels (Castle on the Rock) in Zwickau.
Paintings are also available in South Africa and Germany. Contact Mike Elliott for details.
Mike's artwork currently embraces a kaleidoscope of subjects and mediums, as he searches for new directions during this current transition. A recent move away from his "home" in Africa has forced a re-evaluation of objectives and a struggle to establish new points of reference and stimulation. You find broad variety amongst this collection of paintings, in subject, style and medium, as he works through these different levels. His fine Art can be broadly grouped into African tribal, African wildlife, European wildlife and finally Scottish town & country paintings.
This self taught artist has traditionally worked, mixing Watercolor painting with pencil, mediums possessing qualities of transparency, subtlety and adaptability, well suited to his frequent illustration commissions and his primary interest, the Bushmen of the Kalahari.
These are a people with whom he has interacted for 15 years, his paintings embodying deep emotions and a ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
IWA & Outdoor Classics, Nurnburg 2005 - 18 to 21 March
Joint: "Artists in Action", Scone Palace, Scotland - Game Conservation Fair 2003
Joint: "Artay", Perth Arts Festival, Scotland 2002 & 2003
Joint: Grahamstown Arts Festival 1996 - with Peter Sibeko and Alphen Ntimbane
Solo: Grahamstown Arts Festival July 1995
Joint: CMMI Conference - Sun City ...
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
They may be found in private and corporate collections, which include
First National Bank SA (Corporate Headquarters)
Mercedes Benz SA
Siemens SA
Mannesmann Demag SA
Witwatersrand University
University of Cape Town
South African Air Force (50th aniversary presentation from Altech)
South African Embassies in Geneva, Dublin, Nairobi and New Delhi
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Commissions:
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Galleries for Mike Elliott:
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Dixon-Reid Fine Art, 122 St Georges Street, Simonstown, South Africa, 7975.
Tel. +27 (0)21 786-5141.
Afrikahaus Museum, Herigswalder Str. 14, Germany , D-01855 Sebnitz.
Tel. +49-(0)35971-80830
Chris Anderson (Agent), 38 Skinner Gate, Perth, PH1 5JH, Scotland.
Tel. +44 (0)1738 451 724
Autohaus Matthes GmbH (BMW), Herpfer Str. 38, Germany , D-98617 Meiningen-Dreißigacker.
Tel. +49-(0)3693-94000
Jörg Schilling (Agent), Peter Haseney Strasse 32, Germany, D-98544 Zella Mehlis.
Tel. +49 (0)3682 40 448
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