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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 Galleries:
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 ...
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Artist Reviews:
Coming Soon!
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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:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Statement for Mike Elliott
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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 concern for gentle people deserving greater respect from the outside world. Mike’s artwork is providing a refreshingly different perspective on the impact of modern society on traditional cultures and the environment.
His paintings, executed in a subtle fusion of Watercolour, Pencil and Pastel, are scattered today amongst 27 countries throughout the world and frequently published.
Recent forays into Oil Painting, British wildlife, Scottish Landscape and architecture have proved both interesting and rewarding. This portfolio will grow as his more local interest and knowledge increase, but his roots in that ancient dust of Africa will always remain.
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Born in England, Mike then spent six formative years in Calgary, Canada, very close to nature and the Native Americans. He has subsequently travelled widely, living and working on 4 Continents, in 7 Countries, before resting in Southern Africa, a land of intrigue and extremes, a place where he felt a kinship with the people and deep concern for the environment. This remained his home for 27 years, before finally returning to the UK in 1999, settling in Scotland.
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