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Artist Statement:
The things that motivate me
are the everyday experiences
we react to, like space,
atmosphere and the dramatic
play of nature, or its calm
and peaceful moods. All these
play an important part in the
experience and interpretation
of the landscape.
I do not want to create a new
and ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Walter E Westbrook has
exhibited in numerous solo
exhibitions and group
exhibitions throughout South
Africa, Germany, Spain,
Portugal, and the UK.
Altantic Gallery, Cape Town
Sandton Gallery, Johannesburg
Leicester Gallery,
Johannesburg
Bakker Gallery, Johannesburg
South Africa Association of
Arts Gallery, Pretoria
Hoffer Gallery, Pretoria
William Humphreys Art Gallery,
Kimberley
National ...
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Artist Galleries:
Castle Arts, Canterbury, Kent,
UK
www.castlearts.co.uk
William Humphreys Art Gallery,
Kimberley
Renfield's Private Gallery,
Sydney, Australia
http://www.shoal.net.au/~renfie
ld/
Ruiterbos Art Gallery, Mossel
Bay, South Africa
http://www.mosselbay.co.za/ruit
erbos/gallery.htm
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Collections:
Numerous private and public
collections worldwide,
including the USA, UK and
Europe, Australia and South
Africa
Public Collections:
Cotton Collection, USA
South African National
Gallery, Cape Town
Pretoria Art Museum, Pretroia
Willem Annandale Art Gallery,
Lichtenburg
SASOL art collection, South
Africa
William Humphreys Art Gallery,
Kimberley
University of South Africa,
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Commissions:
Standard Chartered Bank, New
York
DeBeers, South Africa
DeBeers Diamond Mines,
Kleinzee, Namaqualand
Southern Life, South Africa
St. James's Anglican
Cathedral, Kimberley
Agricultural Co-op,
Leeudoringstad
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Reviews for Walter E Westbrook:
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Books:
150 South African Paintings Past and Present
by Lucy Alexander & Evelyn Cohen
Struikhof Publishers ISBN 0 947458 25 5
"Westbrook is a landscapist, who, like so many painters in the dry interior of South Africa, has found inspiration in its flat and endless plains, bridging voids from foreground to horizon...."
Berman's Art & Artists of South Africa
Esme Berman
AA Balkema Publishers ISBN 0 86961 144 5
Pages, 65, 244, 370, 488, 499, 500, 515, 516, 517, 518 & 519
"Walter Westbrook is a landscape painter, whose most distinctive stylistic trait is the sense of space apparent in his pictures...it is in his colour and composition that he separates himself from the conventional descriptive painters..."
Numerous press cuttings and reviews, can be found in the South African news archives.
Reviews:
"Westbrook, famous for his watercolour landscapes, has the ability to capture mood and atmosphere, whether painting a portrait, still life or his signature landscapes. There is a calm serenity about his work - a tranquility that is seldom found. From the subtle colours of the Northern Cape and Namibian desert landscape to the richer pallete of Europe, Westbrook's work continues to capture the imagination and inspire." AARDMAAN Art
Leading South African artist, Alexis Preller wrote of Westbrook's art: "The impression which has remained with me, is one of calm, beauty and pure, direct vision."
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