Description
Jana Du Toit born in 1945 in Moorreesburg, Western Cape, Having had no art lessons or classes, her art is truly without suppression. Jana is an entirely self taught artist on the brink of acclaiming Old-Master status as one of South Africa’s most famous and sought after artists.
Jana has been a professional artist for 26 years; she has a worldwide market with her art pieces reaching around the globe in private collections. She is renowned for her famous cosmos flowers and her abstract line – depicting scenes from the Western Cape, South Africa.
Jana uses only the finest pigment paints and has achieved renown for mediums of oil, acrylic, watercolours and pastels. The peculiar and lasting influence of the colourful lifestyle of local fishermen as she grew up, is evident in her vibrant, lively pieces of art.
She endeavours to put on canvas the entire atmosphere of the scene in all its facets, be it Western Cape or Tuscan landscapes.
She learned to express the beautiful sunset skies and the buzz of the African environment. That which we see on canvas is undoubtedly sourced from within the heart of an artist, untouched freedom to convey the ultimate in today’s market – true un-compromised art.