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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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Artist Reviews:
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 ...
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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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Artist Statement for Walter E Westbrook
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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 unreal world that I do not recognise, feel or see. To be part of this amazing world is in itself a privilege. The variety and ever-changing moods never cease to inspire and motivate me. It is the world I know and want to record as I see and experience it: a world of uncomparable beauty, totally unpredictable and exciting - new every day.
I enjoy the moods and the changes throughout the day, together with the reactions, habits and responses of people in different situations. All this inspires me. To say something about everyday things that are often taken for granted: things that are part of everyday conversation – everyday observation. So why not paint it?
I have no desire to paint the unreal – things that are not understood – just to be different or “with it”, or to invent a world that does not exist. I need to express and interpret what I feel and experience – to be personally involved with the subject. Not copying, but expressing it as I see it and feel it.
At one time or other, all of us stand in awe and marvel at the unexpected dramatic display spread before us. It is the driving force that triggers us to record the moment that could be lost forever.
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